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CVE-2025-21293: CWE-284: Improper Access Control in Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1507

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VulnerabilityCVE-2025-21293cvecve-2025-21293cwe-284
Published: 01/14/2025 (01/14/2025, 18:03:48 UTC)
Source: CVE Database V5
Vendor/Project: Microsoft
Product: Windows 10 Version 1507

Description

Active Directory Domain Services Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

CVSS v3.1

Score 8.8high

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Affected software

Affected versions
10.0.10240.0

AI-Powered Analysis

Machine-generated threat intelligence

AILast updated: 06/10/2026, 09:50:35 UTC

Technical Analysis

This vulnerability (CVE-2025-21293) in Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1507 relates to improper access control in Active Directory Domain Services, classified under CWE-284. It allows an attacker with low privileges to elevate their privileges to a higher level, potentially compromising confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the system. The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 8.8, indicating high severity. Microsoft has released an official fix to address this issue.

Potential Impact

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could result in an attacker gaining elevated privileges on the affected system, leading to full control over the impacted Windows 10 Version 1507 environment. This includes complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability as indicated by the CVSS vector. No known exploits are reported in the wild at this time.

Mitigation Recommendations

An official fix is available from Microsoft. Users and administrators should apply the security update provided by Microsoft for Windows 10 Version 1507 to remediate this vulnerability. Refer to the Microsoft advisory at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-21293 for detailed patching instructions and update availability.

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Technical Details

Data Version
5.1
Assigner Short Name
microsoft
Date Reserved
2024-12-10T23:54:12.946Z
Cvss Version
3.1
State
PUBLISHED
Remediation Level
official-fix
Vendor Advisory Urls
[{"url":"https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-21293","vendor":"Microsoft"}]

Threat ID: 68c0c0d09ed239a66badfd01

Added to database: 09/10/2025, 00:05:36 UTC

Last enriched: 06/10/2026, 09:50:35 UTC

Last updated: 09/10/2026, 19:36:49 UTC

Views: 468

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