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HIGH CVSS 3.1
CVE-2025-53779
Microsoft Windows Kerberos Path Traversal Privilege Escalation
Description

Relative path traversal in Windows Kerberos allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.

INFO

Published Date :

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

Last Modified :

Aug. 18, 2025, 3:22 p.m.

Remotely Exploit :

Yes !

Source :

[email protected]
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2025-53779 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_2025
: Total Affected Vendor : 1 | Products : 1
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
Update Windows to patch the Kerberos privilege escalation vulnerability.
  • Apply the latest Windows security updates.
  • Verify Kerberos service configurations.
  • Monitor network access logs.
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2025-53779 has a 1 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-2025-53779.

URL Resource
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-53779 Vendor Advisory
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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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-2025-53779 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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Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2025-53779 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

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

Microsoft has addressed 107 vulnerabilities in its August 2025 security update release. This month's patches include fixes for one publicly disclosed zero-day vulnerability and 13 Critical vulnerabili ... Read more

Published Date: Sep 02, 2025 (12 hours, 13 minutes ago)
  • CrowdStrike.com
August 2025 Patch Tuesday: One Publicly Disclosed Zero-Day and 13 Critical Vulnerabilities Among 107 CVEs

Microsoft has addressed 107 vulnerabilities in its August 2025 security update release. This month's patches include fixes for one publicly disclosed zero-day vulnerability and 13 Critical vulnerabili ... Read more

Published Date: Sep 02, 2025 (20 hours, 13 minutes ago)
  • CrowdStrike.com
August 2025 Patch Tuesday: One Publicly Disclosed Zero-Day and 13 Critical Vulnerabilities Among 107 CVEs

Microsoft has addressed 107 vulnerabilities in its August 2025 security update release. This month's patches include fixes for one publicly disclosed zero-day vulnerability and 13 Critical vulnerabili ... Read more

Published Date: Sep 01, 2025 (1 day, 5 hours ago)
  • CrowdStrike.com
August 2025 Patch Tuesday: One Publicly Disclosed Zero-Day and 13 Critical Vulnerabilities Among 107 CVEs

Microsoft has addressed 107 vulnerabilities in its August 2025 security update release. This month's patches include fixes for one publicly disclosed zero-day vulnerability and 13 Critical vulnerabili ... Read more

Published Date: Sep 01, 2025 (1 day, 9 hours ago)
  • CrowdStrike.com
August 2025 Patch Tuesday: One Publicly Disclosed Zero-Day and 13 Critical Vulnerabilities Among 107 CVEs

Microsoft has addressed 107 vulnerabilities in its August 2025 security update release. This month's patches include fixes for one publicly disclosed zero-day vulnerability and 13 Critical vulnerabili ... Read more

Published Date: Sep 01, 2025 (1 day, 11 hours ago)
  • CrowdStrike.com
August 2025 Patch Tuesday: One Publicly Disclosed Zero-Day and 13 Critical Vulnerabilities Among 107 CVEs

Microsoft has addressed 107 vulnerabilities in its August 2025 security update release. This month's patches include fixes for one publicly disclosed zero-day vulnerability and 13 Critical vulnerabili ... Read more

Published Date: Sep 01, 2025 (1 day, 15 hours ago)
  • CrowdStrike.com
August 2025 Patch Tuesday: One Publicly Disclosed Zero-Day and 13 Critical Vulnerabilities Among 107 CVEs

Microsoft has addressed 107 vulnerabilities in its August 2025 security update release. This month's patches include fixes for one publicly disclosed zero-day vulnerability and 13 Critical vulnerabili ... Read more

Published Date: Sep 01, 2025 (1 day, 17 hours ago)
  • CrowdStrike.com
August 2025 Patch Tuesday: One Publicly Disclosed Zero-Day and 13 Critical Vulnerabilities Among 107 CVEs

Microsoft has addressed 107 vulnerabilities in its August 2025 security update release. This month's patches include fixes for one publicly disclosed zero-day vulnerability and 13 Critical vulnerabili ... Read more

Published Date: Sep 01, 2025 (1 day, 19 hours ago)
  • CrowdStrike.com
August 2025 Patch Tuesday: One Publicly Disclosed Zero-Day and 13 Critical Vulnerabilities Among 107 CVEs

Microsoft has addressed 107 vulnerabilities in its August 2025 security update release. This month's patches include fixes for one publicly disclosed zero-day vulnerability and 13 Critical vulnerabili ... Read more

Published Date: Sep 01, 2025 (1 day, 21 hours ago)
  • CrowdStrike.com
August 2025 Patch Tuesday: One Publicly Disclosed Zero-Day and 13 Critical Vulnerabilities Among 107 CVEs

Microsoft has addressed 107 vulnerabilities in its August 2025 security update release. This month's patches include fixes for one publicly disclosed zero-day vulnerability and 13 Critical vulnerabili ... Read more

Published Date: Sep 01, 2025 (1 day, 23 hours ago)
  • CrowdStrike.com
August 2025 Patch Tuesday: One Publicly Disclosed Zero-Day and 13 Critical Vulnerabilities Among 107 CVEs

Microsoft has addressed 107 vulnerabilities in its August 2025 security update release. This month's patches include fixes for one publicly disclosed zero-day vulnerability and 13 Critical vulnerabili ... Read more

Published Date: Sep 01, 2025 (2 days, 1 hour ago)
  • CrowdStrike.com
August 2025 Patch Tuesday: One Publicly Disclosed Zero-Day and 13 Critical Vulnerabilities Among 107 CVEs

Microsoft has addressed 107 vulnerabilities in its August 2025 security update release. This month's patches include fixes for one publicly disclosed zero-day vulnerability and 13 Critical vulnerabili ... Read more

Published Date: Aug 31, 2025 (2 days, 11 hours ago)
  • CrowdStrike.com
August 2025 Patch Tuesday: One Publicly Disclosed Zero-Day and 13 Critical Vulnerabilities Among 107 CVEs

Microsoft has addressed 107 vulnerabilities in its August 2025 security update release. This month's patches include fixes for one publicly disclosed zero-day vulnerability and 13 Critical vulnerabili ... Read more

Published Date: Aug 31, 2025 (2 days, 14 hours ago)
  • CrowdStrike.com
August 2025 Patch Tuesday: One Publicly Disclosed Zero-Day and 13 Critical Vulnerabilities Among 107 CVEs

Microsoft has addressed 107 vulnerabilities in its August 2025 security update release. This month's patches include fixes for one publicly disclosed zero-day vulnerability and 13 Critical vulnerabili ... Read more

Published Date: Aug 31, 2025 (2 days, 18 hours ago)
  • CrowdStrike.com
August 2025 Patch Tuesday: One Publicly Disclosed Zero-Day and 13 Critical Vulnerabilities Among 107 CVEs

Microsoft has addressed 107 vulnerabilities in its August 2025 security update release. This month's patches include fixes for one publicly disclosed zero-day vulnerability and 13 Critical vulnerabili ... Read more

Published Date: Aug 31, 2025 (3 days ago)
  • CrowdStrike.com
August 2025 Patch Tuesday: One Publicly Disclosed Zero-Day and 13 Critical Vulnerabilities Among 107 CVEs

Microsoft has addressed 107 vulnerabilities in its August 2025 security update release. This month's patches include fixes for one publicly disclosed zero-day vulnerability and 13 Critical vulnerabili ... Read more

Published Date: Aug 30, 2025 (3 days, 4 hours ago)
  • CrowdStrike.com
August 2025 Patch Tuesday: One Publicly Disclosed Zero-Day and 13 Critical Vulnerabilities Among 107 CVEs

Microsoft has addressed 107 vulnerabilities in its August 2025 security update release. This month's patches include fixes for one publicly disclosed zero-day vulnerability and 13 Critical vulnerabili ... Read more

Published Date: Aug 30, 2025 (3 days, 6 hours ago)
  • CrowdStrike.com
August 2025 Patch Tuesday: One Publicly Disclosed Zero-Day and 13 Critical Vulnerabilities Among 107 CVEs

Microsoft has addressed 107 vulnerabilities in its August 2025 security update release. This month's patches include fixes for one publicly disclosed zero-day vulnerability and 13 Critical vulnerabili ... Read more

Published Date: Aug 30, 2025 (3 days, 8 hours ago)
  • CrowdStrike.com
August 2025 Patch Tuesday: One Publicly Disclosed Zero-Day and 13 Critical Vulnerabilities Among 107 CVEs

Microsoft has addressed 107 vulnerabilities in its August 2025 security update release. This month's patches include fixes for one publicly disclosed zero-day vulnerability and 13 Critical vulnerabili ... Read more

Published Date: Aug 30, 2025 (3 days, 19 hours ago)
  • Daily CyberSecurity
BadSuccessor (CVE-2025-53779) Technique Persists Despite Microsoft Patch

At DEF CON 2025, Akamai security researcher Yuval Gordon revealed the story of BadSuccessor (CVE-2025-53779), an Active Directory (AD) vulnerability in Windows Server 2025’s delegated Managed Service ... Read more

Published Date: Aug 30, 2025 (4 days, 2 hours ago)

Results are limited to the first 20 news articles due to potential performance issues.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2025-53779 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.

  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Aug. 18, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2025:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 10.0.26100.4851
    Added Reference Type Microsoft Corporation: https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-53779 Types: Vendor Advisory
  • New CVE Received by [email protected]

    Aug. 12, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description Relative path traversal in Windows Kerberos allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.
    Added CVSS V3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Added CWE CWE-23
    Added Reference https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-53779
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: 7.2
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact