PT-2025-1269 · Microsoft · Windows

Yuki Chen · Published 2025-01-14 · Updated 2025-02-22 · CVE-2025-21294

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CVSS v3.1

8.1

High

AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/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 the Microsoft Digest authentication mechanism in Windows operating systems, which uses insecure methods for handling authentication data in the operating system's memory. This can be exploited by a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code.

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

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-591

Related Identifiers

BDU:2025-00718

CVE-2025-21294

Affected Products

Windows

References · 9

• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2025-21294 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-21294 · Vendor Advisory
• https://safe-surf.ru/specialists/bulletins-nkcki/716931 · Security Note
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-21294 · Vendor Advisory
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/advisory/CVE-2025-21294 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-21294 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2025-00718 · Security Note
• https://t.me/zerodayalert/403 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/echeloneyes/3545 · Telegram Post