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CVE-2021-24090

INDEX BUILT · 2026-09-20

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Windows Error Reporting Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

CVE-2021-240904 of 4 sources documented this
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rank 30 = 1 + 23 + 0 + 6 + 0

rank@v1 · scheduled

Someone is already using it

CISA KEV catalog · public proof-of-concept · FIRST EPSS

EPSS 0.03486  ·  without this subject the record ranks 29

What it costs you if it fires

NVD CVSS base score, then the CNA's own

CVSS 9.3, from NVD  ·  without this subject the record ranks 7

It is getting worse, not staying still

FIRST EPSS series, rescorings and bad loads removed

no persisting rise in 365 days  ·  without this subject the record ranks 30

How much of the world it touches

NVD CPE configurations

6 products in the CPE ranges  ·  without this subject the record ranks 24

Someone else already set the date

CISA KEV remediation due date

no CISA due date  ·  without this subject the record ranks 30

Unaudited dollar value2 of 3 inputs carry a receipt
Exposure$174,000over the next 30 days, if this record is yours
Movement-$475,000on 2022-02-04, the last material move, 4 years, 6 months before this reading
Basisassumeda published average, not your estate

$174,000 = $4.99M incident cost x 1 exposure x 0.03486 likelihood

udv@v1 · unaudited · wrong for you until you say what you run

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Hindsight · the state

0.03486EPSSNOT IN KEVas of 2026-09-20
Severity7.8 HIGHreceipt
Harmtotal lossreceipt
Exploitationnone in held sources
Defensefix version namedreceipt
Movementsteadyreceipt
PLATEAU10Minimal movement since 2022-02-04, 1658 days at 0.03, as of 2026-08-20. arc-rules@v1

Foresight · where to check next

CVE-2016-0151CVE-2020-8655CVE-2013-0643Microsoft WindowsMicrosoft Windows24090

This record is one instance of CWE-269, improper privilege management. The index holds 3614 prior instances of this class, 21 KEV-listed. The nearest of its KEV-listed records are drawn beside this. taxonomy@v1

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Sources disagree here.

Severity score
Microsoft7.8 HIGHreceipt
NVD9.3 CRITICALreceipt
Scoring standard
MicrosoftCVSS v3.1receipt
NVDCVSS v2.0receipt

Both shown, dated. We don't pick winners. disagreement-rules@v1

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Reachneeds local access · no privileges required · user interaction required · low attack complexityreceipt
ImpactComplete confidentiality, integrity and availability lossreceipt
Scored fromCVSS v3.1 · the CNA's vectorreceipt
Weakness classCWE-269 Improper Privilege Managementreceipt
Published consequencesCWE-269: Access Control: Gain Privileges or Assume Identity[email protected]

CISA KEV & Federal Remediation Deadline from the record and CISA

The fix, and how long it's been waiting.

Fixed in10.0.18363.1440; 10.0.19043.867receipt
Patch available sinceNo dated patch-availability record in held sources. The index holds reference URLs without dates and only the current revision of the CVE record, so the day a fix first existed cannot be derived. Only the versions it landed in.

Exploit Status & Known PoCs a ladder, not a score

Current rung: Nothing observed in held sources.

  • RUNG 1Nothing observed in held sources
  • RUNG 2Proof-of-concept published
  • RUNG 3Exploited in the wild · CISA KEV listed
  • RUNG 4Ransomware campaign use known

Authority who says so

CVSS, the CNA7.8 HIGHreceipt
CVSS, NVD9.3 CRITICALreceipt
Exploit probability0.03486 · top 11% of all CVEsreceipt
Blast breadth2 products across 1 vendorderived
Assigned bymicrosoftreceipt
Recorded changes27 · last 19 Sep 2026derived

Affected & Fixed Versions as published

Affected productMicrosoft Windows 10 Version 1909; Microsoft Windows 10 Version 2004; Microsoft Windows 10 Version 20H2; Microsoft Windows Server version 2004; Microsoft Windows Server version 20H2…receipt
Published rangesmicrosoft windows 10 20h2; microsoft windows 10 1909; microsoft windows 10 2004; microsoft windows server 2016 20h2receipt
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microsoft windows 10 20h2
microsoft windows 10 1909
microsoft windows 10 2004
microsoft windows server 2016 20h2
microsoft windows server 2016 1909
microsoft windows server 2016 2004
Fixed in10.0.18363.1440; 10.0.19043.867receipt

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What it is stated by the CNA

Windows Error Reporting Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability receipt

NVD's analysis a second authority

severity
9.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
weakness
CWE-269
affected versions
microsoft windows 10 20h2; microsoft windows 10 1909; microsoft windows 10 2004; and 3 more, listed in full below
also scored by
[email protected] 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H · [email protected] 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

The CNA scored it 7.8 and NVD 9.3. Both are shown because both were published; we do not pick one.

check it yourself msrc.microsoft.com receipt

Dated events

2022-01-06EPSS moved 0.05 to 0.182022-02-04EPSS moved 0.18 to 0.082022-04-01EPSS moved 0.08 to 0.02

Movement the material steps

14 Apr 20210.04557
6 Jan 20220.17642 · crossed 0.10
4 Feb 20220.08127 · crossed 0.10
7 Mar 20236e-4 · scoring model v2023.03.01
17 Mar 20250.00686 · scoring model v2025.03.14
15 Jun 20260.03289 · scoring model v2026.06.15
20 Aug 20260.03486
Show all 27 observations
14 Apr 20210.04557
6 Jan 20220.17642
4 Feb 20220.08127
1 Apr 20220.02251
30 May 20220.02427
27 Sep 20220.02632
7 Mar 20236e-4
8 Mar 20230.00060
7 Apr 20230.00055
20 Sep 20230.00056
16 Oct 20230.00055
21 Dec 20230.00067
28 Mar 20240.00096
14 Jul 20240.00108
17 Dec 20240.00218
17 Mar 20250.00686
19 Mar 20250.00548
25 Mar 20250.00401
29 Mar 20250.02197
30 Mar 20250.00401
2 Aug 20250.00614
18 Nov 20250.00687
21 Nov 20250.00614
9 Dec 20250.01171
30 Jan 20260.01457
15 Jun 20260.03289
20 Aug 20260.03486

27 observations held. A highlighted step crossed a promotion threshold. A step marked with a scoring model moved because the instrument was replaced, not because the vulnerability changed. receipt

The full biography

EPSS 0.03486Published2021-03-11Index as of2026-08-20

The record had been public for 5 years, 5 months when this index was last written.

Published 2021-03-11 receipt · Index as of 2026-08-20 derived

The pattern, elsewhere

This record is one instance of CWE-269, improper privilege management. The index holds 3614 prior instances of this class, 21 KEV-listed. The nearest of its KEV-listed records are drawn beside this. [email protected]

CVE-2016-0151matches 8 of 8KEV listed · 2016receipt
CVE-2020-8655matches 8 of 8KEV listed · 2020receipt
CVE-2013-0643matches 7 of 8KEV listed · 2013receipt
CVE-2024-26169 · Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1809matches 7 of 9KEV listed · 2024receipt
CVE-2019-1215 · Microsoft Windowsmatches 7 of 9KEV listed · 2019receipt
CVE-2019-1388 · Microsoft Windowsmatches 7 of 9KEV listed · 2019receipt

"Matches n of m" counts the attributes the two records can both be compared on: the CVSS metrics they share a version of, any weakness class beyond this one, and the vendor. fit-rules@v1

3614 records in this class held. The six above are drawn from the ones CISA has listed as exploited, ranked by how much of the record matches this one. That is why every one of them is KEV-listed: the pool is, so the colour on those spokes says nothing the pool has not already said.

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microsoft windows

Of the 24 records in this family, this is the only one holding a stated fix version: 10.0.18363.1440; 10.0.19043.867.

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Family membership: computed, pro@dim2000

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