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Microsoft Windows: Windows SMB Client Improper Access Control Vulnerability

Microsoft Windows

Microsoft Windows SMB Client contains an improper access control vulnerability that could allow for privilege escalation. An attacker could execute a specially crafted malicious script to coerce the victim machine to connect back to the attack system using SMB and authenticate. Added to CISA KEV on 2025-10-20.

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

Started: Oct 20, 2025
Closed: Oct 20, 2025
CVE: CVE-2025-33073

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Updated Oct 20, 2025

Affected

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

Fixed in

See vendor advisory linked in sources

Timeline1

Oct 20, 2025
CISA added CVE-2025-33073 to the KEV catalog (due 2025-11-10).

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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