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CVE-2025-24071
CVE-2025-24071 is a Microsoft vulnerability that Microsoft rates Important, with a CVSS score of 6.5 (Medium). Its EPSS score puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 23%. Microsoft has shipped the fix: deploy one of the 11 updates below from the Microsoft Update Catalog, and see where this CVE sits against the rest on the patch tracker.
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Microsoft rates it Important. CVSS 6.5 (Medium). Fixed by 11 Microsoft security updates.
Risk summary
Not in the CISA KEV catalog. EPSS exploit probability 23%. CVSS 6.5 (Medium).
This CVE is among the top 5% of tracked Microsoft CVEs by EPSS exploit probability.
This spoofing flaw in Windows File Explorer can trick users into trusting crafted files, and its 59 percent EPSS score signals unusually high near-term exploit likelihood for a bug not yet in CISA KEV. Exposure is limited to Windows 10 Version 1809 (32-bit and x64) and Windows Server 2019, so shops running only newer builds are unaffected. The combination of File Explorer as the attack surface and a High severity of CVSS 8.8 means a single deceptive file could lead to credential or code compromise.
Do this: Deploy Microsoft's patch for CVE-2025-24071 to all Windows 10 1809 and Windows Server 2019 systems this week, prioritizing user-facing endpoints.
AI-generated from public data, 2026-07-21. Verify against the vendor advisory before acting.
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Official patch(es) for CVE-2025-24071
Elevated priority: high severity or a meaningful exploitation probability, sooner if an affected product is internet-facing. In Intune or Defender, confirm whether the fixing updates KB5053594, KB5053596, KB5053598, KB5053599, KB5053602, KB5053603, KB5053606, KB5053618, KB5053636, KB5053638, KB5053887 are installed across the affected products. Senserva does this automatically across your tenant and flags every missing patch.
Apply the Microsoft security updates below to fix CVE-2025-24071. Each KB page carries the Microsoft Update Catalog download, Microsoft's known issues for the update, a copy-paste PowerShell check for whether it is installed, and the Senserva AI read.
Scope and sources
- Affected products
- Windows 10 Version 1607 for 32-bit Systems
- Windows 10 Version 1607 for x64-based Systems
- Windows 10 Version 1809 for 32-bit Systems
- Windows 10 Version 1809 for x64-based Systems
- Windows 10 Version 21H2 for 32-bit Systems
- Windows 10 Version 21H2 for ARM64-based Systems
- Windows 10 Version 21H2 for x64-based Systems
- Windows 10 Version 22H2 for 32-bit Systems
- Windows 10 Version 22H2 for ARM64-based Systems
- Windows 10 Version 22H2 for x64-based Systems
- Windows 10 for 32-bit Systems
- Windows 10 for x64-based Systems
- Windows 11 Version 22H2 for ARM64-based Systems
- Windows 11 Version 22H2 for x64-based Systems
- Windows 11 Version 23H2 for ARM64-based Systems
- Windows 11 Version 23H2 for x64-based Systems
- Windows 11 Version 24H2 for ARM64-based Systems
- Windows 11 Version 24H2 for x64-based Systems
- Windows Server 2012 R2
- Windows Server 2012 R2 (Server Core installation)
- Windows Server 2016
- Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation)
- Windows Server 2019
- Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)
- Windows Server 2022
- Windows Server 2022 (Server Core installation)
- Windows Server 2022, 23H2 Edition (Server Core installation)
- Windows Server 2025
- Windows Server 2025 (Server Core installation)
- Fixed by the same updates
- Authoritative references
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