CVE-2025-21224HighCVSS 8.1

Windows Line Printer Daemon (LPD) Service Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Published
January 14, 2025
Last Modified
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🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2025-21224 →

📋 Description

How could an attacker exploit this vulnerability? An unauthenticated attacker could send a specially crafted print task to a shared vulnerable Windows Line Printer Daemon (LPD) service across a network. Successful exploitation could result in remote code execution on the server.

According to the CVSS metric, the attack complexity is high (AC:H). What does that mean for this vulnerability? Successful exploitation of this vulnerability requires an attacker to win a race condition.

🎯 Affected products17

  • Windows 10 Version 21H2 for 32-bit Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 21H2 for ARM64-based Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 21H2 for x64-based Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 22H2 for 32-bit Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 22H2 for ARM64-based Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 22H2 for x64-based Systems
  • Windows 11 Version 22H2 for ARM64-based Systems
  • Windows 11 Version 22H2 for x64-based Systems
  • Windows 11 Version 23H2 for ARM64-based Systems
  • Windows 11 Version 23H2 for x64-based Systems
  • Windows 11 Version 24H2 for ARM64-based Systems
  • Windows 11 Version 24H2 for x64-based Systems
  • Windows Server 2022
  • Windows Server 2022 (Server Core installation)
  • Windows Server 2022, 23H2 Edition (Server Core installation)
  • Windows Server 2025
  • Windows Server 2025 (Server Core installation)

✅ Remediation

KB5049983 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.20348.3091 KB5049981 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.19044.5371 KB5050021 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.22621.4751 KB5049981 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.19045.5371 KB5050009 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.26100.2894 KB5050021 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.22631.4751 KB5049984 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.25398.1369

🔗 References (11)