CVE-2025-21215: CWE-125: Out-of-bounds Read in Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1507
Secure Boot Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This vulnerability, identified as CVE-2025-21215 and classified under CWE-125 (Out-of-bounds Read), affects Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1507 (build 10.0.10240.0). It allows an attacker to bypass the Secure Boot security feature by exploiting an out-of-bounds read condition. The CVSS 3.1 vector indicates the attack requires physical access (AV:P), low attack complexity (AC:L), no privileges (PR:N), no user interaction (UI:N), and impacts confidentiality (C:H) without affecting integrity or availability. Microsoft has published an official fix for this vulnerability.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability can lead to a bypass of the Secure Boot security feature, potentially allowing unauthorized code to run during system startup. The impact is limited to confidentiality compromise, with no direct integrity or availability effects reported. The attack requires physical access to the system.
Mitigation Recommendations
An official fix is available from Microsoft. Users and administrators should apply the security update provided by Microsoft as detailed in the vendor advisory at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-21215 to remediate this vulnerability.
CVE-2025-21215: CWE-125: Out-of-bounds Read in Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1507
Description
Secure Boot Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
CVSS v3.1
Score 4.6medium
Affected software
Weaknesses
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
This vulnerability, identified as CVE-2025-21215 and classified under CWE-125 (Out-of-bounds Read), affects Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1507 (build 10.0.10240.0). It allows an attacker to bypass the Secure Boot security feature by exploiting an out-of-bounds read condition. The CVSS 3.1 vector indicates the attack requires physical access (AV:P), low attack complexity (AC:L), no privileges (PR:N), no user interaction (UI:N), and impacts confidentiality (C:H) without affecting integrity or availability. Microsoft has published an official fix for this vulnerability.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability can lead to a bypass of the Secure Boot security feature, potentially allowing unauthorized code to run during system startup. The impact is limited to confidentiality compromise, with no direct integrity or availability effects reported. The attack requires physical access to the system.
Mitigation Recommendations
An official fix is available from Microsoft. Users and administrators should apply the security update provided by Microsoft as detailed in the vendor advisory at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-21215 to remediate this vulnerability.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.1
- Assigner Short Name
- microsoft
- Date Reserved
- 2024-12-05T21:43:30.771Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- official-fix
- Vendor Advisory Urls
- [{"url":"https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-21215","vendor":"Microsoft"}]
Threat ID: 68c0bd4d9ed239a66badea71
Added to database: 09/09/2025, 23:50:37 UTC
Last enriched: 06/10/2026, 09:42:36 UTC
Last updated: 09/10/2026, 19:36:49 UTC
Views: 123
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