CVE-2025-50154

high-risk

Published 2025-08-12

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

Do I need to act?

15.1% chance of exploitation in next 30 days

EPSS score — higher than 85% of all CVEs

Not on CISA KEV list

No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA

1 public exploit available

52415

Patch status unknown

Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance

CVSS 6.5/10 Medium

NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (20)

Windows 10 1507

Windows 10 1607

Windows 10 1809

Windows 10 21H2

Windows 10 22H2

Windows 11 22H2

Windows 11 23H2

Windows 11 24H2

Windows Server 2008

Windows Server 2012

Windows Server 2016

Windows Server 2019

Windows Server 2022

Windows Server 2022 23H2

Affected Vendors

Microsoft

References (5)

Vendor Advisory https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-50154

https://cymulate.com/blog/zero-click-one-ntlm-microsoft-security-patch-bypass-cv...

https://github.com/rubenformation/CVE-2025-50154/

Exploit https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2025-50154-detection-script-zero-clic...

Exploit https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2025-50154-mitigation-script-zero-cli...

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high-risk

Severity 24/34 · High

Exploitability 13/34 · Low

Exposure 20/34 · Moderate