CVE-2025-21293

Summary

CVE-2025-21293 denotes a newly discovered vulnerability in Microsoft Active Directory Domain Services. This issue grants attackers the ability to elevate their privileges, potentially allowing them to gain unauthorized access to sensitive information or take control of affected systems. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by crafting a specifically designed message that a user opens, resulting in the execution of malicious code. Successful exploitation leads to elevated privileges for the attacker within the Active Directory environment. Organizations are strongly encouraged to apply the available patch to mitigate this risk.

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