Local disclosure of protected backup information
Published Feb 25, 2021 · Updated Aug 3, 2024
Information disclosure in Microsoft Windows Backup Engine allows local users on affected Windows releases to read protected information. Microsoft has not published the affected Backup Engine function or explained the incorrect operation that exposes protected information. Exploitation requires local low-privilege access, and the reported consequence is confidentiality loss without data modification or service interruption.
Summary
What happened
Information disclosure in Microsoft Windows Backup Engine allows local users on affected Windows releases to read protected information. Microsoft has not published the affected Backup Engine function or explained the incorrect operation that exposes protected information. Exploitation requires local low-privilege access, and the reported consequence is confidentiality loss without data modification or service interruption.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2021-24079
- Published
- Feb 25, 2021
- Updated
- Aug 3, 2024
- Vendor
- Microsoft
- Product
- Windows 10 Version 1507
- Classifications
- Unavailable
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Feb 25, 2021CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 3, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=10.0.0 <publication
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