CVE-2021-28465 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Web Media Extensions Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Published: 2021-05-11

Score: 7.8 High

EPSS: 3.7% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Microsoft

Web Media Extensions

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`1.0.0.0`	affected	< 1.0.40831.0

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:web_media_extensions:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2021-15143	Web Media Extensions Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.03663.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2021-28465
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-21-572/
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-21-579/

History

Thu, 28 May 2026 20:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Microsoft Web Media Extensions

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published: 2021-05-11T19:11:15.000Z

Updated: 2026-05-28T19:33:13.141Z

Reserved: 2021-03-15T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-28465

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T21:47:31.783Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-05-11T19:15:09.060

Modified: 2026-06-17T03:46:24.617

Link: CVE-2021-28465

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-787

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