CVE-2025-24991 | Windows NTFS Information Disclosure Vulnerability

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Out-of-bounds read in Windows NTFS allows an authorized attacker to disclose information locally.

Published: 2025-03-11 Last update: 2025-10-27 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2025-24991 is rated Active Exploitation (74/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.85%). Core evidence: CISA KEV confirms active exploitation (added 2025-03-11) affecting Microsoft / Windows. a weakness (CWE-125) Unauthenticated remote administrative access may be possible. Mandatory action: The CISA remediation deadline has passed—treat as an emergency patch priority.

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CISA KEV Record for CVE-2025-24991

Name: Microsoft Windows NTFS Out-Of-Bounds Read Vulnerability · CISA KEV detail

Exploit added: 2025-03-11

Action due: 2025-04-01

Required action: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2025-24991

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 1.56% 1.85% +0.29%
2 2026-05-17 1.42% 1.56% +0.14%
3 2026-05-05 1.42%

Full EPSS history (31 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2025-24991

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.5 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
1.8 3.6 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2025-24991

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2025-24991

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
microsoft windows_10_1507 < 10.0.10240.20947 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1507:*:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*
microsoft windows_10_1507 < 10.0.10240.20947 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1507:*:*:*:*:*:*:x86:*
microsoft windows_10_1607 < 10.0.14393.7876 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1607:*:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*
microsoft windows_10_1607 < 10.0.14393.7876 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1607:*:*:*:*:*:*:x86:*
microsoft windows_10_1809 < 10.0.17763.7009 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1809:*:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*
microsoft windows_10_1809 < 10.0.17763.7009 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1809:*:*:*:*:*:*:x86:*
microsoft windows_10_21h2 < 10.0.19044.5608 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_21h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:arm64:*
microsoft windows_10_21h2 < 10.0.19044.5608 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_21h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*
microsoft windows_10_21h2 < 10.0.19044.5608 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_21h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:x86:*
microsoft windows_10_22h2 < 10.0.19045.5608 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_22h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:arm64:*
microsoft windows_10_22h2 < 10.0.19045.5608 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_22h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*
microsoft windows_10_22h2 < 10.0.19045.5608 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_22h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:x86:*
microsoft windows_11_22h2 < 10.0.22621.5039 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11_22h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:arm64:*
microsoft windows_11_22h2 < 10.0.22621.5039 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11_22h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*
microsoft windows_11_23h2 < 10.0.22631.5039 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11_23h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:arm64:*
microsoft windows_11_23h2 < 10.0.22631.5039 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11_23h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*
microsoft windows_11_24h2 < 10.0.26100.3403 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11_24h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:arm64:*
microsoft windows_11_24h2 < 10.0.26100.3403 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11_24h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*
microsoft windows_server_2008 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:-:sp2:*:*:*:*:x64:*
microsoft windows_server_2008 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:-:sp2:*:*:*:*:x86:*
microsoft windows_server_2008 r2 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:r2:sp1:*:*:*:*:x64:*
microsoft windows_server_2012 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_server_2012 r2 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:r2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_server_2016 < 10.0.14393.7876 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2016:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_server_2019 < 10.0.17763.7009 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2019:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_server_2022 < 10.0.20348.3270 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2022:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_server_2022_23h2 < 10.0.25398.1486 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2022_23h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*
microsoft windows_server_2025 < 10.0.26100.3403 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2025:*:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*

References for CVE-2025-24991

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