Windows Event Tracing Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Summary

Microsoft Windows systems contain a flaw in the Event Tracing component that could allow a local user to gain elevated privileges on the affected system. An attacker with limited access could use this weakness to perform actions normally restricted to administrators.

Summarized by anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5. Verify details against the original sources.

Timeline

1. Aug 12, 2021, 6:11 PM UTCCVE published
2. Mar 28, 2022Added to CISA KEV

   CISA has evidence of exploitation in the wild

3. Apr 18, 2022CISA remediation deadline

   Due date for US federal agencies to patch

4. Aug 10, 2026, 3:09 PM UTCRecord last updated

Affected versions

• Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1809

  From 10.0.17763.0 · fixed in 10.0.17763.2114

• Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1809

  From 10.0.0 · fixed in 10.0.17763.2114

• Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1909

  From 10.0.0 · fixed in 10.0.18363.1734

• Microsoft Windows 10 Version 2004

  From 10.0.0 · fixed in 10.0.19041.1165

• Microsoft Windows 10 Version 20H2

  From 10.0.0 · fixed in 10.0.19042.1165

• Microsoft Windows 10 Version 21H1

  From 10.0.0 · fixed in 10.0.19043.1165

• Microsoft Windows Server 2019

  From 10.0.17763.0 · fixed in 10.0.17763.2114

• Microsoft Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)

  From 10.0.17763.0 · fixed in 10.0.17763.2114

• Microsoft Windows Server version 2004

  From 10.0.0 · fixed in 10.0.19041.1165

• Microsoft Windows Server version 20H2

  From 10.0.0 · fixed in 10.0.19042.1165

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