Known Exploited Vulnerability
8.8
HIGH CVSS 3.1
CVE-2025-33053
Web Distributed Authoring and Versioning (WebDAV) External Control of File Name or Path Vulnerability - [Actively Exploited]
Description

External control of file name or path in Internet Shortcut Files allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a network.

INFO

Published Date :

June 10, 2025, 5:22 p.m.

Last Modified :

June 21, 2025, 1 a.m.

Remotely Exploit :

Yes !
CISA Notification
CISA KEV (Known Exploited Vulnerabilities)

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Description :

Web Distributed Authoring and Versioning (WebDAV) contains an external control of file name or path vulnerability. This vulnerability could allow an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a network. This vulnerability could affect various products that implement WebDAV, including but not limited to Microsoft Windows.

Required Action :

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Notes :

This vulnerability affects a common open-source project, third-party library, or a protocol used by different products. For more information, please see: https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/vulnerability/CVE-2025-33053 ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-33053

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2025-33053 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 windows_server_2008
2 Microsoft windows_server_2012
3 Microsoft windows_server_2016
4 Microsoft windows_server_2019
5 Microsoft windows_10_1607
6 Microsoft windows_10_1809
7 Microsoft windows_10_21h2
8 Microsoft windows_10_22h2
9 Microsoft windows_server_2022
10 Microsoft windows_11_22h2
11 Microsoft windows_10_1507
12 Microsoft windows_11_23h2
13 Microsoft windows_server_2022_23h2
14 Microsoft windows_server_23h2
15 Microsoft windows_server_2012_r2
16 Microsoft windows_server_2008_r2
17 Microsoft windows_server_2008_sp2
18 Microsoft windows_11_24h2
19 Microsoft windows_server_2025
CVSS Scores
The Common Vulnerability Scoring System is a standardized framework for assessing the severity of vulnerabilities in software and systems. We collect and displays CVSS scores from various sources for each CVE.
Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 3.1 HIGH [email protected]
Solution
This vulnerability can be remediated by applying the latest security updates from Microsoft.
  • Apply the appropriate security update for your version of Windows.
  • If a reboot is required, reboot the system to complete the update process.
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2025-33053 has a 13 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2025-33053 is associated with the following CWEs:

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).

POC exploit for CVE-2025-33053 (External control of file execution path in URL file)

Shell

Updated: 1 day, 19 hours ago
0 stars 1 fork 1 watcher
Born at : Aug. 23, 2025, 1:37 a.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

None

Updated: 3 weeks, 3 days ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : July 31, 2025, 7:22 p.m. This repo has been linked 2 different CVEs too.

None

Python Dockerfile

Updated: 1 month, 1 week ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : July 10, 2025, 2:48 p.m. This repo has been linked 7 different CVEs too.

Proof-of-Concept for CVE-2025-33053 Exploiting WebDAV with .url file delivery to demonstrate realistic remote code execution. Includes a decoy PDF payload and a video-only showcase of potential command-and-control capabilities.

Shell Python

Updated: 2 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : June 18, 2025, 7:39 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

CVE-2025-33053 Checker and PoC

checker cve-2025-33053 kali-linux poc securityresearch windows

PowerShell Python

Updated: 1 month, 4 weeks ago
1 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : June 18, 2025, 10:08 a.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

WebDAV Path Handling Vulnerability 🔍

Updated: 2 months, 1 week ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : June 14, 2025, 11:30 a.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

This script will check whether your Windows WebDAV client service is running, and if so, perform basic forensic analysis to determine why.

PowerShell

Updated: 2 months, 1 week ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : June 13, 2025, 3:22 a.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

CVE-2025-33053 — WebDAV Remote Code Execution via File Path Manipulation

Python

Updated: 2 months, 1 week ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : June 12, 2025, 7:08 a.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

CVE-2025-33053 Proof Of Concept (PoC)

cve-2025 webdav poc proof-of-concept cve-2025-33053

Shell Python

Updated: 1 month ago
55 stars 14 fork 14 watcher
Born at : June 12, 2025, 6:48 a.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

None

Python Inno Setup Go HTML

Updated: 2 months, 1 week ago
2 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : June 2, 2025, 8:21 a.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

CISA Bot is a GitHub bot that automatically monitors the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog. When new vulnerabilities are published in the KEV, the bot creates GitHub issues in this repository with detailed information about each vulnerability.

Python

Updated: 3 days, 2 hours ago
2 stars 1 fork 1 watcher
Born at : Oct. 29, 2024, 10:19 a.m. This repo has been linked 201 different CVEs too.

None

Updated: 1 week, 2 days ago
0 stars 1 fork 1 watcher
Born at : July 31, 2020, 4:40 a.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

📡 PoC auto collect from GitHub. ⚠️ Be careful Malware.

security cve exploit poc vulnerability

Updated: 14 hours, 42 minutes ago
7210 stars 1199 fork 1199 watcher
Born at : Dec. 8, 2019, 1:03 p.m. This repo has been linked 806 different CVEs too.

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-2025-33053 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.

  • CVE CISA KEV Update by 9119a7d8-5eab-497f-8521-727c672e3725

    Jun. 21, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Vulnerability Name Web Distributed Authoring and Versioning (WebDAV) External Control of File Name or Path Vulnerability Microsoft Windows External Control of File Name or Path Vulnerability
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Jun. 20, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jun. 19, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Description External control of file name or path in WebDAV allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a network. External control of file name or path in Internet Shortcut Files allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a network.
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Jun. 12, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference Type CVE: https://research.checkpoint.com/2025/stealth-falcon-zero-day/ Types: Technical Description
    Added Reference Type CVE: https://therecord.media/microsoft-cisa-zero-day-turkish-defense-org Types: Press/Media Coverage
    Added Reference Type CVE: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/stealth-falcon-hackers-exploited-windows-webdav-zero-day-to-drop-malware/ Types: Press/Media Coverage
    Added Reference Type CVE: https://www.darkreading.com/vulnerabilities-threats/stealth-falcon-apt-exploits-microsoft-rce-zero-day-mideast Types: Press/Media Coverage
    Added Reference Type CVE: https://www.theregister.com/2025/06/10/microsoft_patch_tuesday_june/ Types: Press/Media Coverage
  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Jun. 12, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://research.checkpoint.com/2025/stealth-falcon-zero-day/
    Added Reference https://therecord.media/microsoft-cisa-zero-day-turkish-defense-org
    Added Reference https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/stealth-falcon-hackers-exploited-windows-webdav-zero-day-to-drop-malware/
    Added Reference https://www.darkreading.com/vulnerabilities-threats/stealth-falcon-apt-exploits-microsoft-rce-zero-day-mideast
    Added Reference https://www.theregister.com/2025/06/10/microsoft_patch_tuesday_june/
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jun. 11, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:r2:sp1:*:*:*:*:x64:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:r2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:-:sp2:*:*:*:*:x64:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:-:sp2:*:*:*:*:x86:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1507:*:*:*:*:*:*:x64:* versions up to (excluding) 10.0.10240.21034 *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1809:*:*:*:*:*:*:x86:* versions up to (excluding) 10.0.17763.7434 *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1809:*:*:*:*:*:*:x64:* versions up to (excluding) 10.0.17763.7434 *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_21h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:x86:* versions up to (excluding) 10.0.19044.5965 *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_21h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:arm64:* versions up to (excluding) 10.0.19044.5965 *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1507:*:*:*:*:*:*:x86:* versions up to (excluding) 10.0.10240.21034 *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1607:*:*:*:*:*:*:x64:* versions up to (excluding) 10.0.14393.8148 *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1607:*:*:*:*:*:*:x86:* versions up to (excluding) 10.0.14393.8148 *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_21h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:x64:* versions up to (excluding) 10.0.19044.5965 *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11_22h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:arm64:* versions up to (excluding) 10.0.22621.5472 *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_22h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:arm64:* versions up to (excluding) 10.0.19045.5965 *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_22h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:x64:* versions up to (excluding) 10.0.19045.5965 *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_22h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:x86:* versions up to (excluding) 10.0.19045.5965 *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2019:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 10.0.17763.7434 *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2022:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 10.0.20348.3807 *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11_24h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:arm64:* versions up to (excluding) 10.0.26100.4349 *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11_24h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:x64:* versions up to (excluding) 10.0.26100.4349 *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2025:*:*:*:*:*:*:x64:* versions up to (excluding) 10.0.26100.4349 *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2016:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 10.0.14393.8148 *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11_22h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:x64:* versions up to (excluding) 10.0.22621.5472 *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11_23h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:arm64:* versions up to (excluding) 10.0.22631.5472 *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11_23h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:x64:* versions up to (excluding) 10.0.22631.5472 *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2022_23h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:x64:* versions up to (excluding) 10.0.25398.1665
    Added Reference Type Microsoft Corporation: https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-33053 Types: Vendor Advisory
  • CVE CISA KEV Update by 9119a7d8-5eab-497f-8521-727c672e3725

    Jun. 11, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Date Added 2025-06-10
    Added Due Date 2025-07-01
    Added Required Action Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
    Added Vulnerability Name Web Distributed Authoring and Versioning (WebDAV) External Control of File Name or Path Vulnerability
  • New CVE Received by [email protected]

    Jun. 10, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description External control of file name or path in WebDAV allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a network.
    Added CVSS V3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Added CWE CWE-73
    Added Reference https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-33053
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 8.8
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