CVE-2025-55334 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Cleartext storage of sensitive information in Windows Kernel allows an unauthorized attacker to bypass a security feature locally.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

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References

Link	Providers
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-55334

History

Thu, 16 Oct 2025 14:15:00 +0000

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

Tue, 14 Oct 2025 17:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		Cleartext storage of sensitive information in Windows Kernel allows an unauthorized attacker to bypass a security feature locally.
Title		Windows Kernel Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
Weaknesses		CWE-312
References		https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-55334
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 6.2, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published: 2025-10-14T17:01:03.852Z

Updated: 2025-10-24T23:08:04.433Z

Reserved: 2025-08-12T20:19:59.424Z

Link: CVE-2025-55334

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-10-16T14:09:05.814Z

NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-10-14T17:15:46.610

Modified: 2025-10-14T19:35:56.913

Link: CVE-2025-55334

Redhat

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