CVE-2021-1678Windows Print Spooler Spoofing Vulnerability
- 8.8HighCVSS base score
- 10.0%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 4.3% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Windows Print Spooler Spoofing Vulnerability
Timeline
ID reserved
By microsoft
- 41 days later
· 41 days later
Published
- 4 years later
· 4 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| microsoftCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 10.0% · top 4.3% of all CVEs (12 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.8.
Affected products
Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 20H2
- affected 10.0.0 – < 10.0.19041.1237
Microsoft · Windows Server version 20H2
- affected 10.0.0 – < 10.0.19041.1237
Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 1803
- affected 10.0.0 – < publication
Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 1809
- affected 10.0.0 – < 10.0.17763.2183
Microsoft · Windows Server 2019
- affected 10.0.0 – < 10.0.17763.2183
Microsoft · Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)
- affected 10.0.0 – < 10.0.17763.2183
Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 1909
- affected 10.0.0 – < 10.0.18363.1801
Microsoft · Windows Server, version 1909 (Server Core installation)
- affected 10.0.0 – < publication
Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 2004
- affected 10.0.0 – < 10.0.19041.1237
Microsoft · Windows Server version 2004
- affected 10.0.0 – < 10.0.19041.1237
Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 1507
- affected 10.0.0 – < 10.0.10240.19060
Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 1607
- affected 10.0.0 – < 10.0.14393.4651
Microsoft · Windows Server 2016
- affected 10.0.0 – < 10.0.14393.4651
Microsoft · Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation)
- affected 10.0.0 – < 10.0.14393.4651
- affected 6.1.0 – < 6.1.7601.25712
Microsoft · Windows 7 Service Pack 1
- affected 6.1.0 – < 6.1.7601.25712
- affected 6.3.0 – < 6.3.9600.20120
Microsoft · Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2
- affected 6.0.0 – < 6.0.6003.21218
Microsoft · Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 (Server Core installation)
- affected 6.0.0 – < 6.0.6003.21218
Microsoft · Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2
- affected 6.0.0 – < 6.0.6003.21218
Microsoft · Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1
- affected 6.1.0 – < 6.1.7601.25712
Microsoft · Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 (Server Core installation)
- affected 6.0.0 – < 6.1.7601.25712
Microsoft · Windows Server 2012
- affected 6.2.0 – < 6.2.9200.23462
Microsoft · Windows Server 2012 (Server Core installation)
- affected 6.2.0 – < 6.2.9200.23462
Microsoft · Windows Server 2012 R2
- affected 6.3.0 – < 6.3.9600.20120
Microsoft · Windows Server 2012 R2 (Server Core installation)
- affected 6.3.0 – < 6.3.9600.20120
References
References2
- Windows Print Spooler Spoofing Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisory
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2021-1678 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2021-7145 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2021-1678)Record last updated .