CVE-2021-43240 (GCVE-0-2021-43240)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-12-15 14:15 – Updated: 2024-08-04 03:55
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
NTFS Set Short Name Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Summary
NTFS Set Short Name Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Severity
SSVC
Exploitation: poc
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-06-05 13:57 UTC
CWE
- Elevation of Privilege
Assigner
References
1 reference
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-… | x_refsource_MISC |
Impacted products
9 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Microsoft | Windows 10 Version 1909 |
Affected:
10.0.0 , < 10.0.18363.1977
(custom)
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||
| Microsoft | Windows 10 Version 21H1 |
Affected:
10.0.0 , < 10.0.19043.1415
(custom)
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_21H1:10.0.19043.1415:*:*:*:*:*:x64:* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_21H1:10.0.19043.1415:*:*:*:*:*:arm64:* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_21H1:10.0.19043.1415:*:*:*:*:*:x86:* |
||
| Microsoft | Windows Server 2022 |
Affected:
10.0.0 , < 10.0.20348.405
(custom)
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2022:10.0.20348.405:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
||
| Microsoft | Windows 10 Version 2004 |
Affected:
10.0.0 , < 10.0.19041.1415
(custom)
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1809:10.0.19041.1415:*:*:*:*:*:x64:* |
||
| Microsoft | Windows Server version 2004 |
Affected:
10.0.0 , < 10.0.19041.1415
(custom)
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2004:10.0.19041.1415:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
||
| Microsoft | Windows 10 Version 20H2 |
Affected:
10.0.0 , < 10.0.19042.1415
(custom)
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_20H2:10.0.19042.1415:*:*:*:*:*:x86:* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_20H2:10.0.19042.1415:*:*:*:*:*:arm64:* |
||
| Microsoft | Windows Server version 20H2 |
Affected:
10.0.0 , < 10.0.19042.1415
(custom)
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_20H2:10.0.19042.1415:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
||
| Microsoft | Windows 11 version 21H2 |
Affected:
10.0.0 , < 10.0.22000.376
(custom)
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11_21H2:10.0.22000.376:*:*:*:*:*:x64:* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11_21H2:10.0.22000.376:*:*:*:*:*:arm64:* |
||
| Microsoft | Windows 10 Version 21H2 |
Affected:
10.0.0 , < 10.0.19044.1415
(custom)
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Date Public
2021-12-14 08:00
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Nomenclature
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