CVE-2025-24061

HIGH EXPLOITED

Windows MOTW - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm

Description

Protection mechanism failure in Windows Mark of the Web (MOTW) allows an unauthorized attacker to bypass a security feature locally.

References (1)

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0037
EPSS Percentile 58.2%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitation Intel

VulnCheck KEV 2025-04-03

Classification

CWE
CWE-693
Status published

Affected Products (15)

microsoft/windows_10_1507 < 10.0.10240.20947
microsoft/windows_10_1607 < 10.0.14393.7876
microsoft/windows_10_1607 < 10.0.14393.7876
microsoft/windows_10_1809 < 10.0.17763.7009
microsoft/windows_10_1809 < 10.0.17763.7009
microsoft/windows_10_21h2 < 10.0.19044.5608
microsoft/windows_10_22h2 < 10.0.19045.5608
microsoft/windows_11_22h2 < 10.0.22621.5039
microsoft/windows_11_23h2 < 10.0.22631.5039
microsoft/windows_11_24h2 < 10.0.26100.3403
microsoft/windows_server_2016 < 10.0.14393.7876
microsoft/windows_server_2019 < 10.0.17763.7009
microsoft/windows_server_2022 < 10.0.20348.3270
microsoft/windows_server_2022_23h2 < 10.0.25398.1486
microsoft/windows_server_2025 < 10.0.26100.3403

Timeline

Published Mar 11, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026