CVE record · CVE-2021-28455

Microsoft Jet Red Database Engine and Access Connectivity Engine Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

CVSS 8.8 HighEPSS 0.021 · 81st percentile

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: microsoft) at 11 May 2021, 19:11 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

Affected products, as the CNA wrote them
VendorProductVersions
Microsoft Microsoft Access 2013 Service Pack 1 (32-bit editions)
  • affected 15.0.0 to before 15.0.5353.1000 custom
Microsoft Microsoft Access 2013 Service Pack 1 (64-bit editions)
  • affected 15.0.0 to before 15.0.5353.1000 custom
Microsoft Microsoft Office 2019
  • affected 19.0.0 to before https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases custom
Microsoft Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise
  • affected 16.0.1 to before https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases custom
Microsoft Microsoft Office 2016
  • affected 16.0.0 to before 16.0.5161.1001 custom
Microsoft Microsoft Access 2016 (32-bit edition)
  • affected 16.0.0 to before publication custom
Microsoft Microsoft Access 2016 (64-bit edition)
  • affected 16.0.0 to before publication custom
Microsoft Microsoft Office 2013 Service Pack 1
  • affected 15.0.0 to before 15.0.5345.1001 custom
Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1803
  • affected 10.0.0 to before 10.0.17134.2207 custom
Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1809
  • affected 10.0.0 to before 10.0.17763.1935 custom
Microsoft Windows Server 2019
  • affected 10.0.0 to before 10.0.17763.1935 custom
Microsoft Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)
  • affected 10.0.0 to before 10.0.17763.1935 custom
Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1909
  • affected 10.0.0 to before 10.0.18363.1556 custom
Microsoft Windows Server, version 1909 (Server Core installation)
  • affected 10.0.0 to before 10.0.18363.1556 custom
Microsoft Windows 10 Version 2004
  • affected 10.0.0 to before 10.0.19041.982 custom
Microsoft Windows Server version 2004
  • affected 10.0.0 to before 10.0.19041.982 custom
Microsoft Windows 10 Version 20H2
  • affected 10.0.0 to before 10.0.19042.982 custom
Microsoft Windows Server version 20H2
  • affected 10.0.0 to before 10.0.19042.982 custom
Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1507
  • affected 10.0.0 to before 10.0.10240.18931 custom
Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1607
  • affected 10.0.0 to before 10.0.14393.4401 custom
Microsoft Windows Server 2016
  • affected 10.0.0 to before 10.0.14393.4401 custom
Microsoft Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation)
  • affected 10.0.0 to before 10.0.14393.4401 custom
Microsoft Windows 7
  • affected 6.1.0 to before 6.1.7601.24597 custom
  • affected 6.1.0 to before 6.1.7601.24598 custom
Microsoft Windows 7 Service Pack 1
  • affected 6.1.0 to before 6.1.7601.24597 custom
  • affected 6.1.0 to before 6.1.7601.24598 custom
Microsoft Windows 8.1
  • affected 6.3.0 to before 6.3.9600.20017 custom
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2
  • affected 6.0.0 to before 6.0.6003.21117 custom
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 (Server Core installation)
  • affected 6.0.0 to before 6.0.6003.21117 custom
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2
  • affected 6.0.0 to before 6.0.6003.21117 custom
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1
  • affected 6.1.0 to before 6.1.7601.24597 custom
  • affected 6.1.0 to before 6.1.7601.24598 custom
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 (Server Core installation)
  • affected 6.0.0 to before 6.1.7601.24597 custom
  • affected 6.0.0 to before 6.1.7601.24598 custom
Microsoft Windows Server 2012
  • affected 6.2.0 to before 6.2.9200.23347 custom
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 (Server Core installation)
  • affected 6.2.0 to before 6.2.9200.23347 custom
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2
  • affected 6.3.0 to before 6.3.9600.20017 custom
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 (Server Core installation)
  • affected 6.3.0 to before 6.3.9600.20017 custom
Identifiers
CVE-2021-28455
CNA
microsoft
Published
11 May 2021
Updated
3 Aug 2024

Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our own analysis of this CVE. If a person reviews it, this page will say what’s affected and what has to be true for it to matter.

Severity and exploitation

ScoreRatingCVSSVectorSource
8.8 High 3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C CNA (microsoft)
  • CISA KEV Not listed.
  • EPSS 0.021, the 81st percentile, on 5 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 11 May 2021. New records show when each source confirmed them.

Sources

References from the CNA

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