Microsoft Windows up to Server 2025 Search Service denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Windows. It has been declared as problematic. This affects an unknown part of the component Search Service. Such manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2025-59198. The attack must be carried out locally. There is no available exploit. A patch should be applied to remediate this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Windows. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the component Search Service. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

Improper input validation in Microsoft Windows Search Component allows an authorized attacker to deny service locally.

The weakness was presented 10/14/2025 as confirmed security update guide (Website). The advisory is available at msrc.microsoft.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2025-59198. The exploitation is known to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 10/31/2025).

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 vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2025-34295). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.1
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.8

VulDB Base Score: 5.5
VulDB Temp Score: 4.8
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Vendor Base Score (Microsoft): 5.0
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CNA Base Score: 5.0
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Partially

Availability: 🔒
Status: Unproven

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Patch
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Timelineinfo

10/14/2025 VulDB entry created
10/14/2025 +0 days Advisory disclosed
10/14/2025 +0 days Countermeasure disclosed
10/31/2025 +16 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com
Product: microsoft.com

Advisory: msrc.microsoft.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-59198 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-59198
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-328418
EUVD: 🔒
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161215

Entryinfo

Created: 10/14/2025 19:53
Updated: 10/31/2025 06:49
Changes: 10/14/2025 19:53 (35), 10/14/2025 19:56 (34), 10/25/2025 06:17 (1), 10/31/2025 06:49 (21)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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