CVE-2025-21298
Microsoft Windows OLE Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Description
Windows OLE Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
INFO
Published Date :
Jan. 14, 2025, 6:15 p.m.
Last Modified :
Jan. 24, 2025, 9:48 p.m.
Remotely Exploit :
Yes !
Source :
[email protected]
Affected Products
The following products are affected by CVE-2025-21298
vulnerability.
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CVSS Scores
Score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Source |
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CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL | [email protected] |
Solution
- Apply the appropriate security updates based on your operating system version.
- Reboot the system if prompted during the update process.
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github
CVE-2025-21298 has a 15 public
PoC/Exploit
available at Github.
Go to the Public Exploits
tab to see the list.
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-2025-21298
.
URL | Resource |
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https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-21298 | Patch Vendor Advisory |
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2025-21298
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-2025-21298
weaknesses.
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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A safe CTF challenge demonstrating CVE-2025-21298 using RTF and OLE objects.
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Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.
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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2025-21298
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.
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Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Jan. 24, 2025
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CWE NIST NVD-CWE-noinfo Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1507:*:*:*:*:*:*:x64:* versions up to (excluding) 10.0.10240.20890 *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1507:*:*:*:*:*:*:x86:* versions up to (excluding) 10.0.10240.20890 *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1607:*:*:*:*:*:*:x64:* versions up to (excluding) 10.0.14393.7699 *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1607:*:*:*:*:*:*:x86:* versions up to (excluding) 10.0.14393.7699 *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1809:*:*:*:*:*:*:x64:* versions up to (excluding) 10.0.17763.6775 *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1809:*:*:*:*:*:*:x86:* versions up to (excluding) 10.0.17763.6775 *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_21h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 10.0.19044.5371 *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_22h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 10.0.19045.5371 *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11_22h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 10.0.22621.4751 *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11_23h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 10.0.22631.4751 *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11_24h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 10.0.26100.2894 *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:-:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:r2:sp1:*:*:*:*:x64:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:r2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2016:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 10.0.14393.7699 *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2019:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 10.0.17763.6775 *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2022:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 10.0.20348.3091 *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2022_23h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 10.0.25398.1369 *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2025:*:*:*:*:*:*:x64:* versions up to (excluding) 10.0.26100.2894 Changed Reference Type https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-21298 No Types Assigned https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-21298 Patch, Vendor Advisory -
New CVE Received by [email protected]
Jan. 14, 2025
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Description Windows OLE Remote Code Execution Vulnerability Added CVSS V3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Added CWE CWE-416 Added Reference https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-21298