CVE-2025-24984: Microsoft Windows NTFS Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Actively exploited. At least one CVE in this advisory is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog — exploitation has been observed in the wild. Treat remediation as urgent.
Microsoft Windows New Technology File System (NTFS) contains an insertion of sensitive Information into log file vulnerability that allows an unauthorized attacker to disclose information with a physical attack. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could potentially read portions of heap memory.
CSIRTS triage
- What
- This vulnerability allows an unauthorized attacker to disclose sensitive information through a physical attack.
- Who is affected
- Unauthorized attackers with physical access to affected Windows systems are affected.
- Urgency
- Remediation is urgent as the vulnerability is actively exploited and has critical severity.
- Action
- Implement security measures to restrict physical access and apply patches.
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Details
Original advisory: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-24984
Exploitation outlook
EPSS (FIRST.org) estimates each CVE’s probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — here is the CSIRTS.com read on those numbers.
- Exploitation confirmedCVE-2025-24984Already exploited in the wild (CISA KEV) — the prediction phase is over. Patch now. Riskier than 76% of all scored CVEs.
Referenced CVEs
| CVE | CSIRTS overview | External |
|---|---|---|
| CVE-2025-24984 | coverage & exploitation status | NVD · CVE.org |
Recent advisories for Microsoft Windows NTFS
A cluster of recent advisories against the same product widens the attack surface — attackers routinely chain freshly published CVEs on one product, so review these together.
- criticalexploitedCVE-2025-24993: Microsoft Windows NTFS Heap-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilitycisa-kev · 2025-03-11
- criticalexploitedCVE-2025-24991: Microsoft Windows NTFS Out-Of-Bounds Read Vulnerabilitycisa-kev · 2025-03-11
- criticalexploitedCVE-2021-31956: Microsoft Windows NTFS Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilitycisa-kev · 2021-11-03
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