CVE-2025-53779

Published Aug 12, 2025

Last updated 11 days ago

Overview

AI description

Automated description summarized from trusted sources.

CVE-2025-53779 is a relative path traversal vulnerability affecting Windows Kerberos. It allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network. The vulnerability arises because the software constructs a pathname from external input without properly neutralizing sequences like ".." that could resolve to locations outside of the intended restricted directory. Exploitation involves relative path traversal in Windows Kerberos.

Description: Relative path traversal in Windows Kerberos allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.
Source: secure@microsoft.com
NVD status: Analyzed
Products: windows_server_2025

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type: Primary
Base score: 7.2
Impact score: 5.9
Exploitability score: 1.2
Vector string: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Severity: HIGH

Weaknesses

secure@microsoft.com: CWE-23

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Hype score: 19

Configurations

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References

Sources include official advisories and independent security research.