7.1
HIGH
CVE-2025-21194
Microsoft Surface Authentication Bypass
Description

Microsoft Surface Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability

INFO

Published Date :

Feb. 11, 2025, 6:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Feb. 11, 2025, 6:15 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

1.2
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2025-21194 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Microsoft surface_hub_firmware
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2025-21194.

URL Resource
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-21194

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2025-21194 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

  • CrowdStrike.com
February 2025 Patch Tuesday: Four Zero-Days and Three Critical Vulnerabilities Among 67 CVEs

Microsoft has released security updates for 67 vulnerabilities in its February 2025 Patch Tuesday rollout. Among these are three Critical vulnerabilities and four zero-days affecting the Windows NTLMv ... Read more

Published Date: Feb 12, 2025 (41 minutes ago)
  • CrowdStrike.com
February 2025 Patch Tuesday: Four Zero-Days and Three Critical Vulnerabilities Among 67 CVEs

Microsoft has released security updates for 67 vulnerabilities in its February 2025 Patch Tuesday rollout. Among these are three Critical vulnerabilities and four zero-days affecting the Windows NTLMv ... Read more

Published Date: Feb 12, 2025 (2 hours, 41 minutes ago)
  • The Register
February's Patch Tuesday sees Microsoft offer just 63 fixes

Patch Tuesday Microsoft’s February patch collection is mercifully smaller than January’s mega-dump. But don't get too relaxed – some deserve close attention, and other vendors have stepped in with ple ... Read more

Published Date: Feb 12, 2025 (8 hours, 55 minutes ago)
  • Dark Reading
Microsoft's February Patch a Lighter Lift Than January's

Source: Somphop Krittayaworagul via ShutterstockMicrosoft's February security update contains substantially fewer vulnerabilities for admins to address compared to a month ago, but there's still plent ... Read more

Published Date: Feb 11, 2025 (13 hours, 58 minutes ago)
  • tripwire.com
VERT Threat Alert: February 2025 Patch Tuesday Analysis

Today’s VERT Alert addresses Microsoft’s February 2025 Security Updates. VERT is actively working on coverage for these vulnerabilities and expects to ship ASPL-1143 as soon as coverage is completed.I ... Read more

Published Date: Feb 11, 2025 (15 hours, 25 minutes ago)
  • Help Net Security
Microsoft fixes two actively exploited zero-days (CVE-2025-21418, CVE-2025-21391)

February 2025 Patch Tuesday is here, and Microsoft has delivered fixes for 56 vulnerabilities, including two zero-days – CVE-2025-21418 and CVE-2025-21391 – under active exploitation. CVE-2025-21418 a ... Read more

Published Date: Feb 11, 2025 (15 hours, 37 minutes ago)
  • BleepingComputer
Microsoft February 2025 Patch Tuesday fixes 4 zero-days, 55 flaws

Today is Microsoft's February 2025 Patch Tuesday, which includes security updates for 55 flaws, including four zero-day vulnerabilities, with two actively exploited in attacks. This Patch Tuesday also ... Read more

Published Date: Feb 11, 2025 (16 hours, 56 minutes ago)

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2025-21194 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • New CVE Received by [email protected]

    Feb. 11, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description Microsoft Surface Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
    Added CVSS V3.1 AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Added CWE CWE-20
    Added Reference https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-21194
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2025-21194 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2025-21194 weaknesses.

CAPEC-3: Using Leading 'Ghost' Character Sequences to Bypass Input Filters Using Leading 'Ghost' Character Sequences to Bypass Input Filters CAPEC-7: Blind SQL Injection Blind SQL Injection CAPEC-8: Buffer Overflow in an API Call Buffer Overflow in an API Call CAPEC-9: Buffer Overflow in Local Command-Line Utilities Buffer Overflow in Local Command-Line Utilities CAPEC-10: Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables CAPEC-13: Subverting Environment Variable Values Subverting Environment Variable Values CAPEC-14: Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow CAPEC-22: Exploiting Trust in Client Exploiting Trust in Client CAPEC-23: File Content Injection File Content Injection CAPEC-24: Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow CAPEC-28: Fuzzing Fuzzing CAPEC-31: Accessing/Intercepting/Modifying HTTP Cookies Accessing/Intercepting/Modifying HTTP Cookies CAPEC-42: MIME Conversion MIME Conversion CAPEC-43: Exploiting Multiple Input Interpretation Layers Exploiting Multiple Input Interpretation Layers CAPEC-45: Buffer Overflow via Symbolic Links Buffer Overflow via Symbolic Links CAPEC-46: Overflow Variables and Tags Overflow Variables and Tags CAPEC-47: Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion CAPEC-52: Embedding NULL Bytes Embedding NULL Bytes CAPEC-53: Postfix, Null Terminate, and Backslash Postfix, Null Terminate, and Backslash CAPEC-63: Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) CAPEC-64: Using Slashes and URL Encoding Combined to Bypass Validation Logic Using Slashes and URL Encoding Combined to Bypass Validation Logic CAPEC-67: String Format Overflow in syslog() String Format Overflow in syslog() CAPEC-71: Using Unicode Encoding to Bypass Validation Logic Using Unicode Encoding to Bypass Validation Logic CAPEC-72: URL Encoding URL Encoding CAPEC-73: User-Controlled Filename User-Controlled Filename CAPEC-78: Using Escaped Slashes in Alternate Encoding Using Escaped Slashes in Alternate Encoding CAPEC-79: Using Slashes in Alternate Encoding Using Slashes in Alternate Encoding CAPEC-80: Using UTF-8 Encoding to Bypass Validation Logic Using UTF-8 Encoding to Bypass Validation Logic CAPEC-81: Web Server Logs Tampering Web Server Logs Tampering CAPEC-83: XPath Injection XPath Injection CAPEC-85: AJAX Footprinting AJAX Footprinting CAPEC-88: OS Command Injection OS Command Injection CAPEC-101: Server Side Include (SSI) Injection Server Side Include (SSI) Injection CAPEC-104: Cross Zone Scripting Cross Zone Scripting CAPEC-108: Command Line Execution through SQL Injection Command Line Execution through SQL Injection CAPEC-109: Object Relational Mapping Injection Object Relational Mapping Injection CAPEC-110: SQL Injection through SOAP Parameter Tampering SQL Injection through SOAP Parameter Tampering CAPEC-120: Double Encoding Double Encoding CAPEC-135: Format String Injection Format String Injection CAPEC-136: LDAP Injection LDAP Injection CAPEC-153: Input Data Manipulation Input Data Manipulation CAPEC-182: Flash Injection Flash Injection CAPEC-209: XSS Using MIME Type Mismatch XSS Using MIME Type Mismatch CAPEC-230: Serialized Data with Nested Payloads Serialized Data with Nested Payloads CAPEC-231: Oversized Serialized Data Payloads Oversized Serialized Data Payloads CAPEC-250: XML Injection XML Injection CAPEC-261: Fuzzing for garnering other adjacent user/sensitive data Fuzzing for garnering other adjacent user/sensitive data CAPEC-267: Leverage Alternate Encoding Leverage Alternate Encoding CAPEC-473: Signature Spoof Signature Spoof CAPEC-588: DOM-Based XSS DOM-Based XSS CAPEC-664: Server Side Request Forgery Server Side Request Forgery
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