CVE-2021-1675 | The Precursor to PrintNightmare

CVE-2021-1675 is a elevation of privilege vulnerability that affected all Windows Servers from version 2004 to 20H2 and all windows desktops from Windows 7 to Windows 10. While CVE-2021-1675 and CVE-2021-34527 (PrintNightmare) take advantage of the windows print spooler, both exploits approach the vulnerability in different ways. CVE-2021-1675 can only be exploited locally and is only used to escalate user privileges while PrintNightmare is uses Remote Code Execution which makes the threat of the vulnerability much higher....

March 23, 2022 ยท 3 min