Local privilege escalation via undisclosed NTFS flaw
Published Dec 15, 2021 · Updated Aug 4, 2024
Elevation of privilege in Microsoft Windows NTFS allows local users with low privileges to gain elevated access via unspecified vectors. Microsoft has not published the affected NTFS code path or the incorrect operation it performs on attacker-controlled input. Successful exploitation grants elevated access on the affected host without user interaction.
Summary
What happened
Elevation of privilege in Microsoft Windows NTFS allows local users with low privileges to gain elevated access via unspecified vectors. Microsoft has not published the affected NTFS code path or the incorrect operation it performs on attacker-controlled input. Successful exploitation grants elevated access on the affected host without user interaction.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2021-43229
- Published
- Dec 15, 2021
- Updated
- Aug 4, 2024
- Vendor
- Microsoft
- Product
- Windows 10 Version 1507
- Classifications
- T1068
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Dec 15, 2021CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 4, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=10.0.0 <10.0.10240.19145
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