CVE-2021-43240 | Microsoft Windows up to Server 2022 NTFS Set Short Name privilege escalation (WID-SEC-2025-2220)
A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Microsoft Windows up to Server 2022. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component NTFS Set Short Name. Such manipulation leads to privilege escalation.
This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2021-43240. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available.
It is best practice to apply a patch to resolve this issue.