Microsoft Windows up to Server 2025 Standards-Based Storage Management Service resource consumption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2/Server 2016/Server 2019/Server 2022/Server 2025. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Standards-Based Storage Management Service. The manipulation leads to resource consumption. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2025-21174. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2/Server 2016/Server 2019/Server 2022/Server 2025. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Standards-Based Storage Management Service. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource consumption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-400. The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource, thereby enabling an actor to influence the amount of resources consumed, eventually leading to the exhaustion of available resources. Impacted is availability.

The weakness was released 04/08/2025 as confirmed security update guide (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at msrc.microsoft.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-21174. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 08/12/2025). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1499 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at EUVD (EUVD-2025-10243) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2025-0744). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

Affected

  • Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2022
  • Microsoft Windows Server
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2012
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2
  • Microsoft Windows 10
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2016
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2019
  • Microsoft Windows
  • Microsoft Windows 11

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.5

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Resource consumption
CWE: CWE-400 / CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Unproven

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Patch
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Timelineinfo

04/08/2025 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com
Product: microsoft.com

Advisory: msrc.microsoft.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-21174 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-21174
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-303911
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CERT Bund: WID-SEC-2025-0744 - Microsoft Windows: Mehrere Schwachstellen

Entryinfo

Created: 04/08/2025 19:30
Updated: 08/12/2025 11:19
Changes: 04/08/2025 19:30 (35), 04/08/2025 19:33 (34), 05/21/2025 08:30 (1), 08/12/2025 11:19 (7)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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