PT-2025-1096 · Microsoft · Windows Event Tracing+1

Filip Dragović · Published 2025-01-14 · Updated 2025-01-14 · CVE-2025-21274

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

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

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

Description The issue is related to a denial of service vulnerability in Windows Event Tracing. It is caused by incorrect handling of symbolic links before accessing a file. Exploitation of this issue can allow an attacker to cause a denial of service.

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

DoS

Link Following

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-59

Related Identifiers

BDU:2025-00351

CVE-2025-21274

Affected Products

Windows

Windows Event Tracing

References · 7

• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2025-21274 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-21274 · Vendor Advisory
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-21274 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2025-00351 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-21274 · Security Note
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/advisory/CVE-2025-21274 · Vendor Advisory
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1879290777941020694 · Twitter Post