Windows WLAN Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability CVE-2021-1646 Security Vulnerability Released: Jan 12, 2021 Assigning CNA: Microsoft Impact: Elevation of Privilege Max Severity: Important CVSS Source: Microsoft CVSS:3.1 6.6 / 5.8 Temporal score metrics (3) Exploit Code Example: Description: This vulnerability allows local authenticated users to gain privileges on the system by exploiting a flaw in the Windows WLAN Service. The attacker can use this vulnerability to elevate their privileges to those of a system administrator. Solution: Microsoft has released a security update to address this vulnerability. Users are advised to apply the update as soon as possible to mitigate the risk. References: Microsoft Knowledge Base Article Microsoft Security Advisory Acknowledgements: The vulnerability was reported by a researcher and has been assigned the CVE identifier CVE-2021-1646.