CVE-2025-21242HighCVSS 5.9

Windows Kerberos Information Disclosure Vulnerability

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

CVE-2025-21242 →

📋 Description

What type of information could be disclosed by this vulnerability? The type of information that could be disclosed if an attacker successfully exploited this vulnerability is Kernel memory read - unintentional read access to memory contents in kernel space from a user mode process.

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 gather information specific to the environment and take additional actions prior to exploitation to prepare the target environment.

🎯 Affected products33

  • Windows 10 Version 1607 for 32-bit Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 1607 for x64-based Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 1809 for 32-bit Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 1809 for x64-based Systems
  • 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 10 for 32-bit Systems
  • Windows 10 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 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1
  • Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1 (Server Core installation)
  • Windows Server 2012
  • Windows Server 2012 (Server Core installation)
  • Windows Server 2012 R2
  • Windows Server 2012 R2 (Server Core installation)
  • Windows Server 2016
  • Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation)
  • Windows Server 2019
  • Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)
  • Windows Server 2022
  • Windows Server 2022 (Server Core installation)
  • +3 more not shown

✅ Remediation

KB5050008 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.17763.6775 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 KB5050013 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.10240.20890 KB5049993 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.14393.7699 KB5050049 (Monthly Rollup) — fixed build 6.1.7601.27520 KB5050006 (Security Only) — fixed build 6.1.7601.27520 KB5050004 (Monthly Rollup) — fixed build 6.2.9200.25273 KB5050048 (Monthly Rollup) — fixed build 6.3.9600.22371

🔗 References (25)