CVE-2025-53778

8.8

HIGH CVSS 3.1

Windows NTLM Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Description

Improper authentication in Windows NTLM allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.

INFO

Published Date :

Aug. 12, 2025, 6:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Oct. 17, 2025, 4:15 p.m.

Remotely Exploit :

Yes !

Source :

[email protected]

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2025-53778 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
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

: Total Affected Vendor : 1 | Products : 19

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

Address improper authentication to prevent privilege escalation.

Apply the latest security updates from Microsoft.
Review and enforce strong authentication policies.
Monitor network authentication logs for suspicious activity.

Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2025-53778 has a 2 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-2025-53778.

URL	Resource
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-53778	Vendor Advisory
https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2025-53778-detection-script-improper-authentication-vulnerability-affecting-windows-ntlm
https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2025-53778-mitigation-script-improper-authentication-vulnerability-affecting-windows-ntlm

CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2025-53778 is associated with the following CWEs:

CWE-287: Improper Authentication

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-2025-53778 weaknesses.

CAPEC-22: Exploiting Trust in Client Exploiting Trust in Client CAPEC-57: Utilizing REST's Trust in the System Resource to Obtain Sensitive Data Utilizing REST's Trust in the System Resource to Obtain Sensitive Data CAPEC-94: Adversary in the Middle (AiTM) Adversary in the Middle (AiTM) CAPEC-114: Authentication Abuse Authentication Abuse CAPEC-115: Authentication Bypass Authentication Bypass CAPEC-151: Identity Spoofing Identity Spoofing CAPEC-194: Fake the Source of Data Fake the Source of Data CAPEC-593: Session Hijacking Session Hijacking CAPEC-633: Token Impersonation Token Impersonation CAPEC-650: Upload a Web Shell to a Web Server Upload a Web Shell to a Web Server

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).

OxPloited/CVE-2025-53778-Exploit

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Updated: 3 months, 1 week ago

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Born at : Aug. 12, 2025, 7:07 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

yembors64632/cve_monitor_Public

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Updated: 3 months, 1 week ago

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Born at : July 23, 2025, 11:54 a.m. This repo has been linked 88 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2025-53778 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

CrowdStrike.com

August 2025 Patch Tuesday: One Publicly Disclosed Zero-Day and 13 Critical Vulnerabilities Among 107 CVEs

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Published Date: Sep 03, 2025 (2 months, 3 weeks ago)

The Cyber Express

Microsoft Teams CVE-2025-53783 Vulnerability Could Allow Remote Code Execution

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Published Date: Aug 13, 2025 (3 months, 1 week ago)

Help Net Security

Microsoft fixes “BadSuccessor” Kerberos vulnerability (CVE-2025-53779)

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Published Date: Aug 13, 2025 (3 months, 1 week ago)

Daily CyberSecurity

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Published Date: Aug 13, 2025 (3 months, 1 week ago)

The Register

Microsoft's Patch Tuesday baker's dozen: 12 critical bugs plus a SharePoint RCE

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