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CVE record · CVE-2021-43229

Windows NTFS Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

CVSS 7.8 HighEPSS 0.018 · 78th percentile

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: microsoft) at 15 Dec 2021, 14:15 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

Affected products, as the CNA wrote them
VendorProductVersions
Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1809
  • affected 10.0.0 to before 10.0.17763.2366 custom
Microsoft Windows Server 2019
  • affected 10.0.0 to before 10.0.17763.2366 custom
Microsoft Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)
  • affected 10.0.0 to before 10.0.17763.2366 custom
Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1909
  • affected 10.0.0 to before 10.0.18363.1977 custom
Microsoft Windows 10 Version 21H1
  • affected 10.0.0 to before 10.0.19043.1415 custom
Microsoft Windows Server 2022
  • affected 10.0.0 to before 10.0.20348.405 custom
Microsoft Windows 10 Version 2004
  • affected 10.0.0 to before 10.0.19041.1415 custom
Microsoft Windows Server version 2004
  • affected 10.0.0 to before 10.0.19041.1415 custom
Microsoft Windows 10 Version 20H2
  • affected 10.0.0 to before 10.0.19042.1415 custom
Microsoft Windows Server version 20H2
  • affected 10.0.0 to before 10.0.19042.1415 custom
Microsoft Windows 11 version 21H2
  • affected 10.0.0 to before 10.0.22000.376 custom
Microsoft Windows 10 Version 21H2
  • affected 10.0.0 to before 10.0.19044.1415 custom
Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1507
  • affected 10.0.0 to before 10.0.10240.19145 custom
Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1607
  • affected 10.0.0 to before 10.0.14393.4825 custom
Microsoft Windows Server 2016
  • affected 10.0.0 to before 10.0.14393.4825 custom
Microsoft Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation)
  • affected 10.0.0 to before 10.0.14393.4825 custom
Microsoft Windows 7
  • affected 6.1.0 to before 6.1.7601.25796 custom
Microsoft Windows 7 Service Pack 1
  • affected 6.1.0 to before 6.1.7601.25796 custom
Microsoft Windows 8.1
  • affected 6.3.0 to before 6.3.9600.20207 custom
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2
  • affected 6.0.0 to before 6.0.6003.21309 custom
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 (Server Core installation)
  • affected 6.0.0 to before 6.0.6003.21309 custom
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2
  • affected 6.0.0 to before 6.0.6003.21309 custom
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1
  • affected 6.1.0 to before 6.1.7601.25796 custom
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 (Server Core installation)
  • affected 6.0.0 to before 6.1.7601.25796 custom
Microsoft Windows Server 2012
  • affected 6.2.0 to before 6.2.9200.23545 custom
  • affected 6.2.0 to before 6.2.9200.23540 custom
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 (Server Core installation)
  • affected 6.2.0 to before 6.2.9200.23545 custom
  • affected 6.2.0 to before 6.2.9200.23540 custom
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2
  • affected 6.3.0 to before 6.3.9600.20207 custom
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 (Server Core installation)
  • affected 6.3.0 to before 6.3.9600.20207 custom
Identifiers
CVE-2021-43229
CNA
microsoft
Tags
Published
15 Dec 2021
Updated
4 Aug 2024

Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our own analysis of this CVE. If a person reviews it, this page will say what’s affected and what has to be true for it to matter.

Severity and exploitation

ScoreRatingCVSSVectorSource
7.8 High 3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C CNA (microsoft)
  • CISA KEV Not listed.
  • EPSS 0.018, the 78th percentile, on 5 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 15 Dec 2021. New records show when each source confirmed them.

Sources

References from the CNA

Facts on this page come from the CVE List as the CNA published them, with CVSS from the sources named above, CISA KEV and FIRST EPSS. Vendors, products and versions are shown as the CNA wrote them. We don’t reproduce the CVE’s description.