CVE-2025-21293 Active Directory Domain Services Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
An attacker can exploit Active Directory Domain Services to elevate privileges on affected Windows systems.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-21293?
CVE-2025-21293 is a high-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 10 1507, published on 14 Jan 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Active Directory Domain Services Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Weakness: CWE-284
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-21293?
It affects 14 products.
Products include Microsoft Windows 10 1507, Microsoft Windows 10 1607, Microsoft Windows 10 1809, Microsoft Windows 10 21h2, Microsoft Windows 10 22h2, Microsoft Windows 11 22h2 and 8 more.
How do I fix CVE-2025-21293?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-21293 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-21293 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-21293 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Metasploit module and 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.
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- CVE-2025-33073 Microsoft Windows SMB Client Improper Access Control
- CVE-2024-49039 Microsoft Windows Task Scheduler Privilege Escalation
- CVE-2024-43461 Microsoft Windows MSHTML Platform Spoofing
Sources
Also known as GHSA-8cgg-rcwg-mmh6.