CVE-2025-24071: Microsoft Windows File Explorer Spoofing Vulnerability

Overview

Severity
Medium (CVSS 6.5)
CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Category
Spoofing
Exploit Status
Not Exploited
Exploitation Likelihood
Less Likely
Patch Tuesday
2025-Mar
Released
2025-03-11
Last Updated
2025-04-03
EPSS Score
23.33% (percentile: 97.7%)

Description

Exposure of sensitive information to an unauthorized actor in Windows File Explorer allows an unauthorized attacker to perform spoofing over a network.

FAQ

According to the CVSS metric, user interaction is required (UI:R). What interaction would the user have to do? A user would need to be tricked into opening a folder that contains a specially crafted file.

Known Exploits (23)

  • Microsoft Windows Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor — added 2026-09-14T14:05:50Z
  • Microsoft Windows Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor — added 2026-06-21T14:30:08Z
  • Microsoft Windows Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor — added 2025-12-22T13:57:27Z
  • Microsoft Windows Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor — added 2025-12-17T18:06:21Z
  • Microsoft Windows Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor — added 2025-12-10T14:50:45Z
  • Microsoft Windows Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor — added 2025-07-06T10:57:01Z
  • Microsoft Windows Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor — added 2025-06-13T05:08:22Z
  • Microsoft Windows Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor — added 2025-06-09T10:51:21Z
  • Microsoft Windows Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor — added 2025-06-09T10:49:11Z
  • Microsoft Windows Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor — added 2025-05-28T11:55:23Z
  • Microsoft Windows Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor — added 2025-05-27T13:20:23Z
  • Microsoft Windows Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor — added 2025-05-27T10:59:28Z
  • Microsoft Windows Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor — added 2025-05-26T11:49:18Z
  • Microsoft Windows Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor — added 2025-04-22T21:51:08Z
  • Microsoft Windows Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor — added 2025-04-20T11:53:18Z
  • Microsoft Windows Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor — added 2025-03-29T18:00:29Z
  • Microsoft Windows Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor — added 2025-03-28T12:51:11Z
  • Microsoft Windows Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor — added 2025-03-27T14:36:29Z
  • Microsoft Windows Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor — added 2025-03-27T12:01:56Z
  • Microsoft Windows Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor — added 2025-03-22T14:03:07Z

Detection & Weaponization (1 sources)

Maturity: Exploit

  • GitHub PoC: 23 repositories

Affected Products (29)

Windows

  • Windows 10 Version 1809 for 32-bit Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 1809 for x64-based Systems
  • Windows Server 2019
  • Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)
  • Windows Server 2022
  • Windows Server 2022 (Server Core installation)
  • Windows 10 Version 21H2 for 32-bit Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 21H2 for ARM64-based Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 21H2 for x64-based Systems
  • Windows Server 2025 (Server Core installation)
  • Windows 11 Version 23H2 for ARM64-based Systems
  • Windows 11 Version 23H2 for x64-based Systems
  • Windows Server 2022, 23H2 Edition (Server Core installation)
  • Windows 11 Version 24H2 for ARM64-based Systems
  • Windows 11 Version 24H2 for x64-based Systems
  • Windows Server 2025
  • Windows 10 for 32-bit Systems
  • Windows 10 for x64-based Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 1607 for 32-bit Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 1607 for x64-based Systems
  • Windows Server 2016
  • Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation)

ESU

  • Windows 11 Version 22H2 for ARM64-based Systems
  • Windows 11 Version 22H2 for x64-based Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 22H2 for x64-based Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 22H2 for ARM64-based Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 22H2 for 32-bit Systems
  • Windows Server 2012 R2
  • Windows Server 2012 R2 (Server Core installation)

Security Updates (9)

Acknowledgments

<a href="https://www.facebook.com/skorikjr">SkorikARI</a> with SkorikARI, <a href="https://x9090.x.com/">Wayne Low of Synapxe</a>

Revision History

  • 2025-03-11: Information published.
  • 2025-04-03: Added an FAQ and updated the CVSS score. This is an informational change only.