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CVE-2021-42298

Microsoft Defender Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

CVSS 7.8 · HighBuzz score 21.9

Buzz score

Why this CVE is surfacing

Buzz score total 21.9

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 13.9 · diversity 8.0 · KEV 0.0 · OTX 0.0 · PoC 0.0
Mention score
13.9
3 evidence mentions in the snapshot
Diversity score
8.0
3 sources across 1 categories
KEV score
0.0
No KEV entry observed
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
3 source links · newest first
  • Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) linked three exploitation frameworks to a Spanish surveillance spyware vendor named Variston. While tracking the activities of commercial spyware vendors, Threat Analysis Group (TAG) spotted an exploitation framework likely linked Variston IT, a Spanish firm. Officially, Variston claims to provide custom security solutions and custom patches for embedded system. The […]

    newssecurityaffairs.comNov 30, 2022, 9:35 PM
  • Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) has linked three exploitation frameworks, as well as several vulnerabilities that were likely used as zero-days at some point, to a Spanish commercial spyware vendor named Variston.

    newswww.securityweek.comNov 30, 2022, 12:57 PM
  • It’s a light November 2021 Patch Tuesday from Microsoft: 55 fixed CVEs, of which two are zero-days under active exploitation: CVE-2021-42321, a Microsoft Exchange RCE, and CVE-2021-42292, a Microsoft Excel security feature bypass bug. Vulnerabilities of note CVE-2021-42321, the remote code execution vulnerability in Microsoft Exchange Server 2016 and 2019, is due to issues with the validation of command-let (cmdlet) arguments. “In order to exploit this flaw, an attacker would need to be authenticated, which … More →

    newswww.helpnetsecurity.comNov 9, 2021, 8:01 PM

Exploit code

Public exploit repository references

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