{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 18 products.","exploited":"Yes. Attackers have exploited CVE-2021-41379 in the wild since at least 3 Mar 2022, including in ransomware campaigns.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2021-41379 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available. US federal agencies must fix it by 17 Mar 2022.","what":"CVE-2021-41379 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 10 1507, published on 10 Nov 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-2021-41379 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2021-41379 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 10 1507, published on 10 Nov 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: Yes. Attackers have exploited CVE-2021-41379 in the wild since at least 3 Mar 2022, including in ransomware campaigns.\n\nAffected product: Microsoft Windows 10 1507. 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-2021-41379/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-41379/index.md)","id":"CVE-2021-41379","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-41379/index.md","name":"CVE-2021-41379","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-hxf7-qh53-96j5"],"analysis":{"component_type":"operating_system","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["privilege_escalation"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Windows Installer","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"An attacker can exploit a symlink vulnerability in Windows Installer to gain elevated privileges on affected Windows 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Link Resolution Before File Access"}],"description":"Windows Installer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"exploited"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"Microsoft Windows Installer Privilege Escalation","id":"CVE-2021-41379","indexable":true,"kev":{"dateAdded":"2022-03-03","dueDate":"2022-03-17","knownRansomwareCampaignUse":"Known","product":"Windows","requiredAction":"Apply updates per vendor instructions.","vendorProject":"Microsoft","vulnerabilityName":"Microsoft Windows Installer Privilege Escalation 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Path","id":"CVE-2025-33053","kev_date_added":"2025-06-10","published":"2025-06-10"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Microsoft Windows SMB Client Improper Access Control","id":"CVE-2025-33073","kev_date_added":"2025-10-20","published":"2025-06-10"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Microsoft Windows Task Scheduler Privilege Escalation","id":"CVE-2024-49039","kev_date_added":"2024-11-12","published":"2024-11-12"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Microsoft Windows MSHTML Platform Spoofing","id":"CVE-2024-43461","kev_date_added":"2024-09-16","published":"2024-09-10"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Microsoft Windows MSHTML Platform Security Feature Bypass","id":"CVE-2024-30040","kev_date_added":"2024-05-14","published":"2024-05-14"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Microsoft Windows SmartScreen Security Feature Bypass","id":"CVE-2023-36025","kev_date_added":"2023-11-14","published":"2023-11-14"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE 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