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CVE-2025-27472 (GCVE-0-2025-27472)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-04-08 17:23 – Updated: 2026-08-10 15:12
VLAI
Title
Windows Mark of the Web Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
Summary
Protection mechanism failure in Windows Mark of the Web (MOTW) allows an unauthorized attacker to bypass a security feature over a network.
Severity
5.4 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-04-08 20:05 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-693 - Protection Mechanism Failure
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1507 Affected: 10.0.10240.0 , < 10.0.10240.20978 (custom)
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Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Affected: 6.2.9200.0 , < 6.2.9200.25423 (custom)
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Microsoft Windows Server 2012 (Server Core installation) Affected: 6.2.9200.0 , < 6.2.9200.25423 (custom)
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Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Affected: 6.3.9600.0 , < 6.3.9600.22523 (custom)
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Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 (Server Core installation) Affected: 6.3.9600.0 , < 6.3.9600.22523 (custom)
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Date Public
2025-04-08 07:00
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