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CVE-2025-33053: Microsoft Windows External Control of File Name or Path Vulnerability

criticalknown exploitedpublic exploitCVE-2025-33053
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 contains an external control of file name or path vulnerability that could allow an attacker to execute code from a remote WebDAV location specified by the WorkingDirectory attribute of Internet Shortcut files.

CSIRTS triage

vendor: Microsoftproduct: WindowsCode injection
What
An external control of file name or path vulnerability could allow code execution from a remote WebDAV location.
Who is affected
Users of Microsoft Windows are affected.
Urgency
Remediation is urgent due to the critical severity and potential for exploitation.
Action
Apply the latest security updates from Microsoft.

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Details

Source
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (US · database · site)
Severity
critical
Published
2025-06-10
Exploitation
Observed in the wild (CISA KEV)

Original advisory: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-33053

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.

Referenced CVEs

CVECSIRTS overviewExternal
CVE-2025-33053coverage & exploitation statusNVD · CVE.org

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