CVE-2021-40441: Microsoft Windows 7

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Windows Media Center Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows 7: version sp1 only
• Microsoft Windows 8.1: affected versions not specified
• Microsoft Windows Rt 8.1: affected versions not specified
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008: version r2 only
• Microsoft Windows Server 2012: affected versions not specified; version r2 only

Published 2021-12-15. Last modified 2026-06-17.