Windows Storage Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

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Summary

CVECVE-2025-21391
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermicrosoft
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2025-02-11 18:15:37 UTC
Updated2026-09-24 13:10:00 UTC
DescriptionWindows Storage Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 7.1 HIGH from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 0.023030000 probability, percentile 0.826540000 (date 2026-09-29)

CISA KEV: Listed on 2025-02-11; due 2025-03-04; ransomware use Unknown

Problem Types: CWE-59 | NVD-CWE-noinfo | CWE-59 CWE-59: Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Secondary7.1HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
3.1CNACVSS7.1HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H/E:F/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

VendorMicrosoft
ProductWindows
NameMicrosoft Windows Storage Link Following Vulnerability
Required ActionApply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Noteshttps://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-21391 ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-21391

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Microsoft Windows 10 1507 All All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 10 1507 All All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 10 1607 All All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 10 1607 All All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 10 1809 All All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 10 1809 All All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 10 21h2 All All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 10 22h2 All All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 11 22h2 All All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 11 23h2 All All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 11 24h2 All All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Server 2016 All All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Server 2019 All All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Server 2022 All All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Server 2022 23h2 All All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Server 2025 All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1507 affected 10.0.10240.0 10.0.10240.20915 custom 32-bit Systems, x64-based Systems
CNA Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1607 affected 10.0.14393.0 10.0.14393.7785 custom 32-bit Systems, x64-based Systems
CNA Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1809 affected 10.0.17763.0 10.0.17763.6893 custom 32-bit Systems, x64-based Systems
CNA Microsoft Windows 10 Version 21H2 affected 10.0.19044.0 10.0.19044.5487 custom 32-bit Systems, ARM64-based Systems, x64-based Systems
CNA Microsoft Windows 10 Version 22H2 affected 10.0.19045.0 10.0.19045.5487 custom 32-bit Systems, ARM64-based Systems, x64-based Systems
CNA Microsoft Windows 11 Version 22H2 affected 10.0.22621.0 10.0.22621.4890 custom ARM64-based Systems, x64-based Systems
CNA Microsoft Windows 11 Version 22H3 affected 10.0.22631.0 10.0.22631.4890 custom ARM64-based Systems
CNA Microsoft Windows 11 Version 23H2 affected 10.0.22631.0 10.0.22631.4890 custom x64-based Systems
CNA Microsoft Windows 11 Version 24H2 affected 10.0.26100.0 10.0.26100.3194 custom ARM64-based Systems, x64-based Systems
CNA Microsoft Windows Server 2016 affected 10.0.14393.0 10.0.14393.7785 custom x64-based Systems
CNA Microsoft Windows Server 2016 Server Core Installation affected 10.0.14393.0 10.0.14393.7785 custom x64-based Systems
CNA Microsoft Windows Server 2019 affected 10.0.17763.0 10.0.17763.6893 custom x64-based Systems
CNA Microsoft Windows Server 2019 Server Core Installation affected 10.0.17763.0 10.0.17763.6893 custom x64-based Systems
CNA Microsoft Windows Server 2022 affected 10.0.20348.0 10.0.20348.3207 custom x64-based Systems
CNA Microsoft Windows Server 2022 23H2 Edition Server Core Installation affected 10.0.25398.0 10.0.25398.1425 custom x64-based Systems
CNA Microsoft Windows Server 2025 affected 10.0.26100.0 10.0.26100.3194 custom x64-based Systems
CNA Microsoft Windows Server 2025 Server Core Installation affected 10.0.26100.0 10.0.26100.3194 custom x64-based Systems

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-21391 [email protected] msrc.microsoft.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 www.cisa.gov US Government Resource
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog CISA www.cisa.gov kev

Additional Advisory Data

SourceTimeEvent
ADP2025-02-11T00:00:00.000ZCVE-2025-21391 added to CISA KEV

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