CVE-2025-54918

Published Sep 9, 2025

Last updated 5 months ago

Overview

Description
Improper authentication in Windows NTLM allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.
Source
secure@microsoft.com
NVD status
Analyzed
Products
windows_10_1507, windows_10_1607, windows_10_1809, windows_10_21h2, windows_10_22h2, windows_11_22h2, windows_11_23h2, windows_11_24h2, windows_server_2008, windows_server_2012, windows_server_2016, windows_server_2019, windows_server_2022, windows_server_2022_23h2, windows_server_2025

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type
Primary
Base score
8.8
Impact score
5.9
Exploitability score
2.8
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Severity
HIGH

Weaknesses

secure@microsoft.com
CWE-287

Social media

Hype score
Not currently trending
  1. Lots of recent posts on NTLM reflection → AD compromise. To be clear: real fix is CVE-2025-54918, not CVE-2025-33073. Until Oct 2025, any user could own a 2025 domain if DCs ran Print Spooler. https://t.co/6098AHxhYM

    @decoder_it

    21 Jan 2026

    9363 Impressions

    45 Retweets

    162 Likes

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  2. Small update on "printerbugnew:" added a description of how to exploit CVE-2025-54918: DCs running 2025 allow reflection RPC->LDAPS - from a standard user to DA before patch😃 https://t.co/MWXfrkZBev

    @decoder_it

    28 Oct 2025

    8803 Impressions

    46 Retweets

    178 Likes

    87 Bookmarks

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  3. في سبتمبر 2025، أصدرت مايكروسوفت تحديثات أمنية ل80+ ثغرة في برامجها، والأنباء الجيدة أنها لم تُستغل بعد. من بين الثغرات المهمة CVE-2025-54918، المتعلق بنظام NTLM. تُن

    @Cybereayn

    18 Sept 2025

    19 Impressions

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  4. 🔒 Patch Tuesday de septembre 2025 : Microsoft corrige 80+ vulnérabilités, aucune n’est exploitée activement. Cependant, certaines comme CVE-2025-54918 et CVE-2025-54912 méritent votre attention. Avez-vous mis à jour vos systèmes récemment ? #cybersécurité #cyberséc

    @CyberSentinelle

    18 Sept 2025

    17 Impressions

    0 Retweets

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  5. Among the vulnerabilities, CVE-2025-54918 (NTLM Elevation of Privilege) and CVE-2025-54916 (NTFS Remote Code Execution) stand out. Both are marked as 'Exploitation More Likely.' #RiskManagement

    @Cyb3r_5wift

    9 Sept 2025

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References

Sources include official advisories and independent security research.