Summary
Impact: Remote Code Execution. Microsoft rating: Important. Not known to be exploited — Exploitation Less Likely. Customer action: Required.
Details
Is Windows vulnerable in the default configuration?
No. Only customers who have installed this app from the Microsoft Store may be vulnerable.
The Microsoft Store will automatically update affected customers. Alternatively, customers can get the update immediately; see here for details.
It is possible for customers to disable automatic updates for the Microsoft Store. The Microsoft Store will not automatically install this update for those customers.
Customers using the Microsoft Store for Business and Microsoft Store for Education can get this update through their organizations.
App package versions 1.0.41311.0 and later contain this update.
You can check the package version in PowerShell:
Get-AppxPackage -Name Microsoft.RawImageExtension
Security updates
10.0.18363.1679 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5004245
10.0.19043.1110 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5004237
Vulnerabilities 1
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High 7.8
Raw Image Extension Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Raw Image Extension Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
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References
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CVE-2021-34521 Raw Image Extension Remote Code Execution Vulnerability - HTML
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2021-34521
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Microsoft Exploitability Index
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/msrc/exploitability-index?rtc=1
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Microsoft Support Lifecycle
https://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle
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Common Vulnerability Scoring System
https://www.first.org/cvss