CVE-2025-26633

high

Description

Improper neutralization in Microsoft Management Console allows an unauthorized attacker to bypass a security feature locally.

From the Tenable Blog

Microsoft’s March 2025 Patch Tuesday Addresses 56 CVEs (CVE-2025-26633, CVE-2025-24983, CVE-2025-24993)

Published: 2025-03-11

Microsoft addresses 56 CVEs, including seven zero-day flaws, with six of those being exploited in the wild.

References

https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-26633

https://thehackernews.com/2025/04/microsoft-credits-encrypthub-hacker.html

https://thehackernews.com/2025/03/russian-hackers-exploit-cve-2025-26633.html

https://www.securityweek.com/russian-ransomware-gang-exploited-windows-zero-day-before-patch/

https://thehackernews.com/2025/03/encrypthub-exploits-windows-zero-day-to.html

https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/25/c/cve-2025-26633-water-gamayun.html

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/encrypthub-linked-to-zero-day-attacks-targeting-windows-systems/

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-patches-windows-kernel-zero-day-exploited-since-2023/

https://www.securityweek.com/patch-tuesday-microsoft-patches-57-flaws-flags-six-active-zero-days/

https://www.crn.com/news/security/2025/microsoft-discloses-extraordinary-number-of-actively-exploited-vulnerabilities-researcher

https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/alerts/2025/03/11/cisa-adds-six-known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog

https://cyberscoop.com/microsoft-patch-tuesday-march-2025/

https://www.tenable.com/blog/microsofts-march-2025-patch-tuesday-addresses-56-cves-cve-2025-26633-cve-2025-24983

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2025-03-11

Updated: 2025-04-17

Named Vulnerability: MSC EvilTwinKnown Exploited Vulnerability (KEV)

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.04289

Detections

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