Microsoft Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (CVE-2021-42278 & CVE-2021-42287)

Following the release of a proof-of-concept (PoC) tool on December 12, Microsoft is advising users to repair two security vulnerabilities (tracked as CVE-2021-42287 and CVE-2021-42278) in Active Directory domain controllers that it addressed in November.    Both flaws are categorized as “Windows Active Directory domain service privilege-escalation” flaws with a CVSS criticality score of 7.5 out of … Continue reading “Microsoft Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (CVE-2021-42278 & CVE-2021-42287)”