MSRC compact vulnerability detail

CVE-2025-33070 · Windows Netlogon Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Use of uninitialized resource in Windows Netlogon allows an unauthorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.

Severity
Critical
Impact
Elevation of Privilege
CVSS
8.1 base · 7.1 temporal
Release
2025-06-10
Signals
Windows Netlogon Elevation of Privilege Exploited: No Publicly disclosed: No Exploitability: Exploitation More Likely
CWE
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Description
Use of uninitialized resource in Windows Netlogon allows an unauthorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.
FAQ / Articles
FAQ
According to the CVSS metric, the attack complexity is high (AC:H). What does that mean for this vulnerability? Successful exploitation of this vulnerability requires an attacker to take additional actions prior to exploitation to prepare the target environment.
FAQ
What privileges could be gained by an attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability? An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could gain domain administrator privileges.
Windows Netlogon Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Use of uninitialized resource in Windows Netlogon allows an unauthorized attacker to elevate privileges over an adjacent network.
Windows Netlogon Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Use of uninitialized resource in Windows Netlogon allows an unauthorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.
FAQ
How an attacker exploit this vulnerability? The attacker could exploit the vulnerability by sending specially crafted authentication requests to the domain controller.