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Microsoft Windows User Profile Service Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Added to KEV
2022-03-31
Federal due date
2022-04-21
Vendor
Microsoft
Product
Windows
EPSS
96.2th percentile (score 0.144, as of 2026-07-13)
NVD CVSS v3.1
Ransomware use
Unknown
Upstream
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-34484

CISA short description

Microsoft Windows User Profile Service contains an unspecified vulnerability that allows for privilege escalation.

Required action

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

EPSS percentile is the FIRST.org exploit-probability ranking as of the date noted above; it moves daily. CVSS reflects NVD's analysis at time of publication.