CVE-2021-34466 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Windows Hello Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Physical

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00255.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Microsoft	Windows 10 Windows 10 1809 Windows 10 1909 Windows 10 20h2 Windows 10 21h1

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:20h2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:21h1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1809:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1909:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:2004:::::::*

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No data.

Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2021-21121	Windows Hello Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2021-34466

History

Wed, 16 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.00188}`	epss `{'score': 0.00252}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published: 2021-07-16T20:19:52

Updated: 2024-08-04T00:12:50.198Z

Reserved: 2021-06-09T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2021-34466

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-07-16T21:15:10.070

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:10:28.417

Link: CVE-2021-34466

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

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