Microsoft Windows up to 2025 Storage race condition

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7.3$5k-$25k0.00

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in Microsoft Windows 2012 R2/2016/2019/2022/2025. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Storage. Such manipulation leads to race condition. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2025-55231. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Windows 2012 R2/2016/2019/2022/2025. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown part of the component Storage. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a race condition vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-362. The product contains a code sequence that can run concurrently with other code, and the code sequence requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence that is operating concurrently. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Concurrent execution using shared resource with improper synchronization ('race condition') in Windows Storage allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a network.

The advisory is available at msrc.microsoft.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2025-55231 since 08/11/2025. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 08/26/2025).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at EUVD (EUVD-2025-25494) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2025-1891). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

Affected

  • Microsoft Windows

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CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.3

VulDB Base Score: 7.5
VulDB Temp Score: 7.2
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VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CNA Base Score: 7.5
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Race condition
CWE: CWE-362
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔒
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

08/11/2025 CVE reserved
08/21/2025 +10 days Advisory disclosed
08/21/2025 +0 days VulDB entry created
08/26/2025 +5 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com
Product: microsoft.com

Advisory: msrc.microsoft.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-55231 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-55231
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-321002
EUVD: 🔒
CERT Bund: WID-SEC-2025-1891 - Microsoft Windows: Mehrere Schwachstellen

Entryinfo

Created: 08/21/2025 22:49
Updated: 08/26/2025 09:40
Changes: 08/21/2025 22:49 (63), 08/25/2025 06:13 (7), 08/26/2025 08:20 (1), 08/26/2025 09:40 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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