CVE-2021-40455

At a glance

Severity
MEDIUM 5.5
EPSS
EPSS 0.56 % · percentile 47 (2026-10-27)
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
microsoft
NVD status
Modified

Description

Windows Installer Spoofing Vulnerability

Scores

VersionScoreVectorScored by
CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:Cmicrosoft
CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:NNVD · secure@microsoft.com (Secondary)
CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:NNVD · nvd@nist.gov (Secondary)
CVSS 2.0LOW 2.1AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:NNVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

European references

CERT-FR advisories

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

Affected products

ProductVersions
Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 1809affected 10.0.0 < 10.0.17763.2237
Microsoft · Windows Server 2019affected 10.0.0 < 10.0.17763.2237
Microsoft · Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)affected 10.0.0 < 10.0.17763.2237
Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 1909affected 10.0.0 < 10.0.18363.1854
Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 21H1affected 10.0.0 < 10.0.19041.1288
Microsoft · Windows Server 2022affected 10.0.0 < 10.0.20348.288
Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 2004affected 10.0.0 < 10.0.19041.1288
Microsoft · Windows Server version 2004affected 10.0.0 < 10.0.19041.1288
Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 20H2affected 10.0.0 < 10.0.19041.1288
Microsoft · Windows Server version 20H2affected 10.0.0 < 10.0.19042.1288
Microsoft · Windows 11 version 21H2affected 10.0.0 < 10.0.22000.258
Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 1507affected 10.0.0 < 10.0.10240.19086
Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 1607affected 10.0.0 < 10.0.14393.4704
Microsoft · Windows Server 2016affected 10.0.0 < 10.0.14393.4704
Microsoft · Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation)affected 10.0.0 < 10.0.14393.4704
Microsoft · Windows 7affected 6.1.0 < 6.1.7601.25740
Microsoft · Windows 7 Service Pack 1affected 6.1.0 < 6.1.7601.25740
Microsoft · Windows 8.1affected 6.3.0 < 6.3.9600.20144
Microsoft · Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2affected 6.0.0 < 6.0.6003.21251
Microsoft · Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 (Server Core installation)affected 6.0.0 < 6.0.6003.21251

References

Sources

SourceLicence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVDENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
CERT-FR (ANSSI)Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feedsPublic domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD