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CVE-2025-33053

CVE-2025-33053 is a high severity Microsoft vulnerability with a CVSS score of 8.8. It is in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: attackers are using it in the wild, which makes it a fix-first item. Microsoft has shipped the fix: deploy one of the 15 updates below from the Microsoft Update Catalog, and see where this CVE sits against the rest on the patch tracker.

Risk summary

HighCISA KEV

8.8

CVSS

85%

EPSS, 30 days

High

Severity

Yes

Exploited in the wild

Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, confirmed exploited in the wild. EPSS exploit probability 85%. CVSS 8.8 (High).

This CVE is among the top 5% of tracked Microsoft CVEs by EPSS exploit probability, and one of 3 actively-exploited CVEs in June 2025.

Senserva AI Opinion for CVE-2025-33053

CVE-2025-33053 lets an attacker achieve remote code execution through crafted Internet Shortcut (.url) files on Windows 10 Version 1809 and Windows Server 2019. CISA confirmed active exploitation and added it to the KEV catalog on 2025-06-10, and the 81 percent EPSS score reflects that in-the-wild attack activity. Because the trigger is a shortcut file, a single opened link or downloaded item can start the exploit chain, so unpatched 1809 endpoints and 2019 servers are a live target.

Do this: Deploy the Microsoft patch for CVE-2025-33053 to all Windows 10 1809 systems and Windows Server 2019 hosts now, prioritizing internet-facing and user-facing machines.

AI-generated from public data, 2026-07-25. Verify against the vendor advisory before acting.

Senserva AI Opinion and rich prompt for CVE-2025-33053

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- CVE-2025-33053: High severity Microsoft vulnerability, CVSS 8.8
- EPSS 30-day exploitation probability: 85%
- Actively exploited (CISA KEV): YES
- Fixed by: KB5060118, KB5060525, KB5060526, KB5060531, KB5060533, KB5060841, KB5060842, KB5060996, KB5060998, KB5060999, KB5061010, KB5061018, KB5061026, KB5061059, KB5061078
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Patch now

Exploited in the wild: confirmed by the CISA KEV catalog, not predicted.

Fixed by KB5060118 and 14 more (by build, listed below). Download from the Microsoft Update Catalog, or deploy via Windows Update, Intune, or WSUS.

Do this now: Patch now and verify deployment on every exposed device.

Official patch(es) for CVE-2025-33053

Treat as urgent: it is being exploited in the wild (CISA KEV), so patch ahead of items that are not. In Intune or Defender, confirm whether the fixing updates KB5060118, KB5060525, KB5060526, KB5060531, KB5060533, KB5060841, KB5060842, KB5060996, KB5060998, KB5060999, KB5061010, KB5061018, KB5061026, KB5061059, KB5061078 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-2025-33053. 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.

KB5060118 KB5060525 KB5060526 KB5060531 KB5060533 KB5060841 KB5060842 KB5060996 KB5060998 KB5060999 KB5061010 KB5061018 KB5061026 KB5061059 KB5061078

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CVE-2025-33053

Risk summary

Official patch(es) for CVE-2025-33053

Scope and sources