Cyber Posture

CVE-2025-21293

High

Published: 14 January 2025

Published
14 January 2025
Modified
24 January 2025
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.7583 98.9th percentile
Risk Priority 63 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Description

Active Directory Domain Services Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Security Summary

CVE-2025-21293 is an elevation of privilege vulnerability in Active Directory Domain Services, published on 2025-01-14T18:15:51.110. It affects Microsoft's Active Directory Domain Services component, with a CVSS v3.1 base score of 8.8 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H). The issue is associated with CWE-284 (Improper Access Control) and lacks additional NVD CWE details.

The vulnerability can be exploited by a low-privileged authenticated user with network access to the target system. Exploitation requires low complexity and no user interaction, allowing the attacker to elevate privileges with high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability within the unchanged security scope.

Microsoft's Security Response Center advisory at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-21293 provides details on patches and mitigation guidance.

Details

CWE(s)
CWE-284NVD-CWE-noinfo

Affected Products

microsoft
windows 10 1507
≤ 10.0.10240.20890 · ≤ 10.0.10240.20890
microsoft
windows 10 1607
≤ 10.0.14393.7699 · ≤ 10.0.14393.7699
microsoft
windows 10 1809
≤ 10.0.17763.6775 · ≤ 10.0.17763.6775
microsoft
windows 10 21h2
≤ 10.0.19044.5371
microsoft
windows 10 22h2
≤ 10.0.19045.5371
microsoft
windows 11 22h2
≤ 10.0.22621.4751
microsoft
windows 11 23h2
≤ 10.0.22631.4751
microsoft
windows 11 24h2
≤ 10.0.26100.2894
microsoft
windows server 2012
all versions, r2
microsoft
windows server 2016
≤ 10.0.14393.7699
+4 more product configuration(s) — see NVD for full list

References