CVE-2021-26887

Microsoft Windows Folder Redirection Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

State
Published
Severity
7.8 High
Published
Mar 11, 2021
Updated
Aug 19, 2026
Reserved
Feb 8, 2021

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Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Microsoft Windows when Folder redirection has been enabled via Group Policy. When folder redirection file server is co-located with Terminal server, an attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability would be able to begin redirecting another user's personal data to a created folder. To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker can create a new folder under the Folder Redirection root path and create a junction on a newly created User folder. When the new user logs in, Folder Redirection would start redirecting to the folder and copying personal data. This elevation of privilege vulnerability can only be addressed by reconfiguring Folder Redirection with Offline files and restricting permissions, and NOT via a security update for affected Windows Servers. See the FAQ section of this CVE for configuration guidance.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.17.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:Cmicrosoft

Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

ProductVersions
Windows 10 Version 1507Microsoft
  • -Affected
Windows 10 Version 1607Microsoft
  • -Affected
Windows 10 Version 1803Microsoft
  • -Affected
Windows 10 Version 1809Microsoft
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Windows 10 Version 1809Microsoft
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Windows 10 Version 1909Microsoft
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Windows 10 Version 2004Microsoft
  • -Affected
Windows 10 Version 20H2Microsoft
  • -Affected
Windows 7Microsoft
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Windows 7 Service Pack 1Microsoft
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Windows 8.1Microsoft
  • -Affected
Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1Microsoft
  • -Affected
Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 (Server Core installation)Microsoft
  • -Affected
Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2Microsoft
  • -Affected
Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 (Server Core installation)Microsoft
  • -Affected
Windows Server 2012Microsoft
  • 6.2.9200.0 to before 6.2.9200.23298Affected
Windows Server 2012 (Server Core installation)Microsoft
  • 6.2.9200.0 to before 6.2.9200.23298Affected
Windows Server 2012 R2Microsoft
  • -Affected
Windows Server 2012 R2 (Server Core installation)Microsoft
  • -Affected
Windows Server 2016Microsoft
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Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation)Microsoft
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Windows Server 2019Microsoft
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Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)Microsoft
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Windows Server version 2004Microsoft
  • -Affected
Windows Server version 20H2Microsoft
  • -Affected
Windows Server, version 1909 (Server Core installation)Microsoft
  • -Affected

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