PT-2021-6301 · Microsoft · Windows

Published 2021-12-14 · Updated 2023-12-28 · CVE-2021-43231

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Windows (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to insecure privilege management in the NTFS file system of the Windows operating system. It allows an attacker to potentially elevate their privileges, affecting the system.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Improper Privilege Management

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-269

Related Identifiers

BDU:2022-01285

CVE-2021-43231

Affected Products

Windows

References · 9

• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-43231 · Security Note
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2021-43231 · Vendor Advisory
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2021-43231 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-43231 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-43231 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2022-01285 · Security Note
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/advisory/CVE-2021-43231 · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cvenotify/24783 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/24788 · Telegram Post