CVE-2025-33073
Windows SMB Client Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
At a glance
- Severity
- HIGH 8.8
- Exploitation
- Known exploited (CISA KEV) · added 2025-10-20
Exploited per ENISA since 2025-10-20 - EPSS
- EPSS 82.70 % · percentile 100 (2026-10-27)
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- microsoft
- NVD status
- Analyzed
Description
Improper access control in Windows SMB allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C | microsoft |
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | NVD · secure@microsoft.com (Secondary) |
Weaknesses (CWE)
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2025-17737
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2025-33073
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-0499 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans Microsoft Windows · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected configurations (NVD CPE)
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1507:*:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*< 10.0.10240.21034cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1507:*:*:*:*:*:*:x86:*< 10.0.10240.21034cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1607:*:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*< 10.0.14393.8148cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1607:*:*:*:*:*:*:x86:*< 10.0.14393.8148cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1809:*:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*< 10.0.17763.7434cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1809:*:*:*:*:*:*:x86:*< 10.0.17763.7434cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_21h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*< 10.0.19044.5965cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_22h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*< 10.0.19045.5965cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11_22h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*< 10.0.22621.5472cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11_23h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*< 10.0.22631.5472cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11_24h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*< 10.0.26100.4270cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:-:sp2:*:*:*:*:x64:*cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:-:sp2:*:*:*:*:x86:*cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:r2:sp1:*:*:*:*:x64:*cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:r2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2016:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*< 10.0.14393.8148cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2019:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*< 10.0.17763.7434cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2022:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*< 10.0.20348.3745cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2022_23h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*< 10.0.25398.1665cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2025:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*< 10.0.26100.4270
Affected products
References
- https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-33073
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-33073
- https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2025-33073-detection-script-improper-access-control-in-windows-smb-affects-microsoft-products
- https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2025-33073-mitigation-script-improper-access-control-in-windows-smb-affects-microsoft-products
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities | CC0 1.0 |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| CERT-FR (ANSSI) | Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0 |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |