CVE-2025-21293

published 2025-01-14

CVE-2025-21293: Active Directory Domain Services Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Priority P2 71 high 8.8 CVSS 3.1

AV N AC L PR L UI N S U C H I H A H

EXPLOIT

Active Directory Domain Services Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Affected

44 ranges · showing 25

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
microsoft	windows_10_1507	< 10.0.10240.20890	10.0.10240.20890
microsoft	windows_10_1607	< 10.0.14393.7699	10.0.14393.7699
microsoft	windows_10_1809	< 10.0.17763.6775	10.0.17763.6775
microsoft	windows_10_21h2	< 10.0.19044.5371	10.0.19044.5371
microsoft	windows_10_22h2	< 10.0.19045.5371	10.0.19045.5371
microsoft	windows_10_version_1507	>= 10.0.10240.0 < 10.0.10240.20890	10.0.10240.20890
microsoft	windows_10_version_1607	>= 10.0.14393.0 < 10.0.14393.7699	10.0.14393.7699
microsoft	windows_10_version_1809	>= 10.0.17763.0 < 10.0.17763.6775	10.0.17763.6775
microsoft	windows_10_version_21h2	>= 10.0.19044.0 < 10.0.19044.5371	10.0.19044.5371
microsoft	windows_10_version_22h2	>= 10.0.19045.0 < 10.0.19045.5371	10.0.19045.5371
microsoft	windows_11_22h2	< 10.0.22621.4751	10.0.22621.4751
microsoft	windows_11_23h2	< 10.0.22631.4751	10.0.22631.4751
microsoft	windows_11_24h2	< 10.0.26100.2894	10.0.26100.2894
microsoft	windows_11_version_22h2	>= 10.0.22621.0 < 10.0.22621.4751	10.0.22621.4751
microsoft	windows_11_version_22h3	>= 10.0.22631.0 < 10.0.22631.4751	10.0.22631.4751
microsoft	windows_11_version_23h2	>= 10.0.22631.0 < 10.0.22631.4751	10.0.22631.4751
microsoft	windows_11_version_24h2	>= 10.0.26100.0 < 10.0.26100.6584	10.0.26100.6584
microsoft	windows_server_2012	—	—
microsoft	windows_server_2012	>= 6.2.9200.0 < 6.2.9200.25273	6.2.9200.25273
microsoft	windows_server_2012_r2	>= 6.3.9600.0 < 6.3.9600.22371	6.3.9600.22371
microsoft	windows_server_2016	< 10.0.14393.7699	10.0.14393.7699
microsoft	windows_server_2016	>= 10.0.14393.0 < 10.0.14393.7699	10.0.14393.7699
microsoft	windows_server_2019	< 10.0.17763.6775	10.0.17763.6775
microsoft	windows_server_2019	>= 10.0.17763.0 < 10.0.17763.6775	10.0.17763.6775
microsoft	windows_server_2022	< 10.0.20348.3091	10.0.20348.3091

Detection & IOCs extracted from sources · hover to see the quote

• → Attacker must first log on to the system locally before exploiting the Active Directory Domain Services EoP vulnerability to gain SYSTEM privileges ↗
• → Successful exploitation results in SYSTEM-level privilege escalation via Active Directory Domain Services ↗
• → Monitor for service creation or modification attempts that may indicate exploitation of insecure service permissions as part of local privilege escalation chains ↗

• · Exploit status is publicly disclosed: No and exploited in the wild: No at time of advisory publication; rated Exploitation Less Likely ↗
• · The Metasploit module (service_permissions.rb) referenced in DOC 2 is a generic local privilege escalation module and is not specifically written for CVE-2025-21293; treat any association with caution ↗

CVSS provenance

nvd v3.1 8.8 HIGH CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

vendor_msrc 8.8 HIGH

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