{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-38625 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2021-38625 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2021-38625 is a high-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Server 2008, published on 15 Sep 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2021-38625 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2021-38625 is a high-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Server 2008, published on 15 Sep 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-38625 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Microsoft Windows Server 2008. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-38625/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-38625/index.md)","id":"CVE-2021-38625","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-38625/index.md","name":"CVE-2021-38625","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-qf8j-85x5-c3ww"],"analysis":{"component_type":"operating_system","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["privilege_escalation"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Windows Server","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"An attacker can exploit a flaw in the Windows Kernel to elevate privileges on affected Windows Server systems.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"privilege_escalation"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"microsoft","cpe":[{"product":"windows_server_2008","vendor":"microsoft"}],"cvss":{"score":7.8,"severity":"high","source":"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","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-269","name":"Improper Privilege Management"}],"description":"Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability","id":"CVE-2021-38625","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":"microsoft:windows_server_2008","products":["microsoft:windows_server_2008"],"type":"privilege_escalation","year":"2021"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":1,"next":{"headline":"Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability","id":"CVE-2021-38626"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Windows Key Storage Provider Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability","id":"CVE-2021-38624"},"products":["Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2","Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 (Server Core installation)"],"published":"2021-09-15","related":[{"cvss_score":10,"headline":"Microsoft Windows DNS Server Remote Code Execution","id":"CVE-2020-1350","kev_date_added":"2021-11-03","published":"2020-07-14"},{"cvss_score":9,"headline":"Microsoft Hyper-V RemoteFX vGPU Remote Code Execution","id":"CVE-2020-1040","kev_date_added":"2021-11-03","published":"2020-07-14"},{"cvss_score":10,"headline":"Memory corruption in n/a","id":"CVE-2011-1966","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2011-08-10"},{"cvss_score":10,"headline":"Memory corruption in n/a","id":"CVE-2010-0239","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2010-02-10"},{"cvss_score":10,"headline":"Code injection in n/a","id":"CVE-2010-0240","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2010-02-10"},{"cvss_score":10,"headline":"Code injection in n/a","id":"CVE-2010-0241","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2010-02-10"},{"cvss_score":10,"headline":"Memory corruption in n/a","id":"CVE-2009-2505","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2009-12-09"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-08-10","vendors":["Microsoft"]},"summary":"An attacker can exploit a flaw in the Windows Kernel to elevate privileges on affected Windows Server systems.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-38625/"}