CVE-2025-21314: CWE-451: User Interface (UI) Misrepresentation of Critical Information in Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1607
Windows SmartScreen Spoofing Vulnerability
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This vulnerability (CVE-2025-21314) affects Windows 10 Version 1607 (build 10.0.14393.0) and involves a UI misrepresentation flaw in the Windows SmartScreen feature. The flaw allows spoofing of SmartScreen warnings, which could deceive users into trusting malicious content. The CVSS 3.1 base score is 6.5, reflecting a medium severity with network attack vector, low attack complexity, no privileges required, user interaction required, unchanged scope, no confidentiality impact, high integrity impact, and no availability impact. Microsoft has published an official fix for this vulnerability.
Potential Impact
The vulnerability impacts the integrity of the Windows SmartScreen UI by allowing spoofing, which can mislead users into trusting malicious software or content. There is no direct confidentiality or availability impact. The attack requires user interaction but no privileges, and can be exploited remotely over the network. This could facilitate social engineering attacks leading to potential compromise of system integrity.
Mitigation Recommendations
An official fix is available from Microsoft for this vulnerability. Users and administrators should apply the security update provided in the Microsoft advisory at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-21314 to remediate the issue.
CVE-2025-21314: CWE-451: User Interface (UI) Misrepresentation of Critical Information in Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1607
Description
Windows SmartScreen Spoofing Vulnerability
CVSS v3.1
Score 6.5medium
Affected software
Weaknesses
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
This vulnerability (CVE-2025-21314) affects Windows 10 Version 1607 (build 10.0.14393.0) and involves a UI misrepresentation flaw in the Windows SmartScreen feature. The flaw allows spoofing of SmartScreen warnings, which could deceive users into trusting malicious content. The CVSS 3.1 base score is 6.5, reflecting a medium severity with network attack vector, low attack complexity, no privileges required, user interaction required, unchanged scope, no confidentiality impact, high integrity impact, and no availability impact. Microsoft has published an official fix for this vulnerability.
Potential Impact
The vulnerability impacts the integrity of the Windows SmartScreen UI by allowing spoofing, which can mislead users into trusting malicious software or content. There is no direct confidentiality or availability impact. The attack requires user interaction but no privileges, and can be exploited remotely over the network. This could facilitate social engineering attacks leading to potential compromise of system integrity.
Mitigation Recommendations
An official fix is available from Microsoft for this vulnerability. Users and administrators should apply the security update provided in the Microsoft advisory at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-21314 to remediate the issue.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.1
- Assigner Short Name
- microsoft
- Date Reserved
- 2024-12-10T23:54:12.954Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- official-fix
- Vendor Advisory Urls
- [{"url":"https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-21314","vendor":"Microsoft"}]
Threat ID: 68c0bd519ed239a66badebaa
Added to database: 09/09/2025, 23:50:41 UTC
Last enriched: 06/10/2026, 09:53:22 UTC
Last updated: 09/10/2026, 19:36:49 UTC
Views: 82
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