CVE-2025-27740 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Weak authentication in Windows Active Directory Certificate Services allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

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References

Link	Providers
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-27740

History

Tue, 08 Apr 2025 20:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Tue, 08 Apr 2025 17:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		Weak authentication in Windows Active Directory Certificate Services allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.
Title		Active Directory Certificate Services Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Weaknesses		CWE-1390
References		https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-27740
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 8.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published: 2025-04-08T17:23:20.626Z

Updated: 2025-04-16T00:41:20.156Z

Reserved: 2025-03-06T04:26:08.552Z

Link: CVE-2025-27740

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-04-08T20:01:40.030Z

NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-04-08T18:16:02.653

Modified: 2025-04-09T20:03:01.577

Link: CVE-2025-27740

Redhat

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