PT-2025-20961 · Microsoft · Windows Deployment Services+1

R4Nger + 1 · Published 2025-05-13 · Updated 2025-05-29 · CVE-2025-29957

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.2

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Windows Deployment Services (affected versions not specified)

Description: The issue is related to uncontrolled resource consumption in Windows Deployment Services, allowing an unauthorized attacker to deny service locally. This is a denial-of-service vulnerability that can affect the system.

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

DoS

Resource Exhaustion

Allocation of Resources Without Limits

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-400

CWE-770

Related Identifiers

BDU:2025-05578

CVE-2025-29957

Affected Products

Windows

Windows Deployment Services

References · 13

• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-29957 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2025-05578 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-29957 · Vendor Advisory
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/advisory/CVE-2025-29957 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-29957 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2025-29957 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/123000 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1922339795969442016 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/edwardzpeng/status/1928086777434083455 · Twitter Post
• https://reddit.com/r/micropatching/comments/1kycnc4/micropatches_released_for_preauth_dos_on_windows · Reddit Post
• https://twitter.com/0patch/status/1928079479039000717 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/windowsforum/status/1922524554410246211 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/0patch/status/1928079481492648201 · Twitter Post