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Microsoft Windows: Microsoft Windows External Control of File Name or Path Vulnerability

Microsoft Windows

Microsoft Windows contains an external control of file name or path vulnerability that could allow an attacker to execute code from a remote WebDAV location specified by the WorkingDirectory attribute of Internet Shortcut files. Added to CISA KEV on 2025-06-10.

Why this severity: CVSS 8.8 (CNA, v3.1); actively exploited (CISA KEV)

Started: Jun 10, 2025
Closed: Jun 10, 2025
CVE: CVE-2025-33053

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Updated Jun 10, 2025

Affected

See vendor advisory / CISA notes (versions not always listed in KEV feed)

Fixed in

See vendor advisory linked in sources

Timeline1

Jun 10, 2025
CISA added CVE-2025-33053 to the KEV catalog (due 2025-07-01).

Advisories3

Notes & caveats

Derived from CISA KEV JSON feed catalogVersion 2026.10.21. CVSS from the CVE record (cvelistV5). Exact affected/fixed version strings are not always in the KEV record; verify against the vendor advisory URL. startedAt uses dateAdded (exploitation may have begun earlier; many entries are older CVEs newly confirmed as exploited in 2025).

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