Microsoft Windows up to Server 2025 Distributed File System privileges management
| CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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Summary
A vulnerability categorized as very critical has been discovered in Microsoft Windows. The affected element is an unknown function of the component Distributed File System. Such manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2026-105723. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available. Applying a patch is advised to resolve this issue.
Details
A vulnerability, which was classified as very critical, has been found in Microsoft Windows. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality of the component Distributed File System. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:
Untrusted pointer dereference in Windows Distributed File System (DFS) allows an unauthorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.
The advisory is shared for download at msrc.microsoft.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-105723 since 10/05/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $25k-$100k (estimation calculated on 10/13/2026). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.
Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem.
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Product
Type
Vendor
Name
Version
- 10 21H2
- 10 22H2
- 10 1607
- 10 1809
- 11 23H2
- 11 24H2
- 11 25H2
- 11 26H1
- 11 26H2
- Server 2012
- Server 2012 R2
- Server 2016
- Server 2019
- Server 2022
- Server 2025
License
Website
- Vendor: https://www.microsoft.com/
- Product: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.8VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.5
VulDB Base Score: 10.0
VulDB Temp Score: 9.5
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CNA Base Score: 7.5
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Exploiting
Class: Privileges managementCWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes
Availability: 🔒
Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligence
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Countermeasures
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Timeline
10/05/2026 CVE reserved10/13/2026 Advisory disclosed
10/13/2026 VulDB entry created
10/13/2026 VulDB entry last update
Sources
Vendor: microsoft.comProduct: microsoft.com
Advisory: msrc.microsoft.com
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2026-105723 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-105723
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-418160
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161215
Entry
Created: 10/13/2026 22:37Changes: 10/13/2026 22:37 (63)
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Cache ID: 216::103
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