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CVE-2021-31979

Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

CVSS 7.8 · HighBuzz score 49.1KEV listed

Buzz score

Why this CVE is surfacing

Buzz score total 49.1

This all-time snapshot uses the same composite formula as Trending across a 30-year evidence window, rather than a current rolling window.

Buzz score components · mention 16.1 · diversity 8.0 · KEV 25.0 · OTX 0.0 · PoC 0.0
Mention score
16.1
4 evidence mentions in the snapshot
Diversity score
8.0
3 sources across 1 categories
KEV score
25.0
Known exploited vulnerability present
OTX score
0.0
0 OTX pulses
PoC score
0.0
0 repos · best confidence N/A
Best PoC traction
0
Maximum stars on a matched PoC repo

Why it matters now

Mention timeline

Total mentions
0
within the 30d window
Peak daily
0
highest bucket

Evidence

Source links by recency

Newest mentions first
4 source links · newest first
  • Israeli surveillance firm Candiru used Windows zero-days to deploy spywareSecurity Affairs

    Experts said that Israeli surveillance firm Candiru, tracked as Sourgum, exploited zero-days to deliver a new Windows spyware. Microsoft and Citizen Lab believe that the secretive Israel-based Israeli surveillance firm Candiru, tracked as Sourgum, used Windows zero-day exploits to deliver a new Windows spyware dubbed DevilsTongue. According to the experts, at least 100 activists, journalists […]

    newssecurityaffairs.comJul 15, 2021, 9:23 PM
  • Secretive Israeli Exploit Company Behind Wave of Zero-Day ExploitsSecurityWeek

    A secretive Israeli commercial surveillance company named after a parasitic freshwater fish is being blamed for supplying Windows and Chrome zero-day exploits to nation-state APT actors.

    newswww.securityweek.comJul 15, 2021, 8:30 PM
  • July 2021 Patch Tuesday: Microsoft fixes 4 actively exploited bugsHelp Net Security

    On this July 2021 Patch Tuesday: Microsoft has fixed 117 CVEs, 4 of which are actively exploited Adobe has delivered security updates for Acrobat and Reader, Bridge, Framemaker, Illustrator, and Dimension VMware has fixed two vulnerabilities in VMware ESXi and VMware Cloud Foundation SAP has released 12 security notes and updated 3 Intel has fixed an EOP bug affecting some of its Xeon and Core X-series processors Mozilla has upgraded Firefox and Firefox ESR, fixed … More →

    newswww.helpnetsecurity.comJul 13, 2021, 7:16 PM
  • Microsoft Patches 3 Under-Attack Windows Zero-DaysSecurityWeek

    Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday bundle for July 2021 landed with a loud thud as the world’s largest software maker warns of a new wave of zero-day attacks hitting its flagship Windows operating system.

    newswww.securityweek.comJul 13, 2021, 5:52 PM

Exploit code

Public exploit repository references

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