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CVE-2025-33053Internet Shortcut Files Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Description

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

Exploited in the wild

CISA lists this vulnerability in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog as Microsoft Windows External Control of File Name or Path Vulnerability.

Added
10 Jun 2025
Fix due (US federal)
1 Jul 2025
Used by ransomware
Not known

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

ENISA's EU Vulnerability Database lists it as exploited, from CISA's KEV, since 10 Jun 2025.

Public exploit

An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Metasploit module for it. CISA's SSVC rates its exploitation: it is being exploited.

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Metasploit modules1 module

Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from

Timeline

  1. ID reserved

    By microsoft

  2. · 56 days later

    Published

  3. Added to CISA KEV

    Known exploited in the wild

  4. · 9 months later

    Record updated

Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.

Scores

CVSS scores of CVE-2025-33053, by who scored it
Scored byCVSSScoreVector
microsoftCNA (assigner)3.1High8.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:F/RL:O/RC:C
NVDNVD · Analyzed3.1High8.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
87.1% · top 0.2% of all CVEs (13 Nov 2026)
CISA SSVC
Exploitation: active · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.8.

Affected products

References

References9

Sources

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