CVE-2025-24984
Insertion of sensitive information into log file in Windows NTFS allows an unauthorized attacker to disclose information with a physical attack.
do firstApply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Can a WAF block it? No. The attack needs physical access to the machine, so a WAF is not on its path.
Also consider: log redaction
Based on the attack vector (local or physical access). We check Cloudflare, AWS, Google Cloud Armor and Azure; for Akamai, Imperva, Fastly, F5, ask your vendor.
Is CVE-2025-24984 being exploited?
Yes. CVE-2025-24984 appears in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, which means exploitation in the wild has been confirmed and reported. Treat it as active rather than theoretical, and patch it ahead of higher-scoring vulnerabilities that carry no exploitation evidence.
How severe is CVE-2025-24984?
CVE-2025-24984 is rated Medium with a CVSS score of 4.6. Severity describes how bad exploitation would be, not how likely it is: pair it with exploitation evidence before deciding what to patch first.
Is there a patch for CVE-2025-24984?
Yes. A fix has been recorded for CVE-2025-24984. The vendor advisory is the authority on the exact fixed version — apply it from there rather than from a summary.
What does CVE-2025-24984 affect?
CVE-2025-24984 affects microsoft:windows_10_1507, microsoft:windows_10_1607, microsoft:windows_10_1809, microsoft:windows_10_21h2, and 10 further products or versions. Confirm the exact affected versions against the vendor advisory before deciding you are exposed.
Exploitation status reflects CISA's KEV catalog as we last synced it. Check the catalog directly.
- affected>= 10.0.10240.0 and < 10.0.10240.20947
- affected>= 10.0.14393.0 and < 10.0.14393.7876
- affected>= 10.0.17763.0 and < 10.0.17763.7009
- affected>= 10.0.19044.0 and < 10.0.19044.5608
- affected>= 10.0.19045.0 and < 10.0.19045.5608
- affected>= 10.0.22621.0 and < 10.0.22621.5039
- affected>= 10.0.22631.0 and < 10.0.22631.5039
- affected>= 10.0.22631.0 and < 10.0.22631.5039
- affected>= 10.0.26100.0 and < 10.0.26100.3476
- affected>= 6.2.9200.0 and < 6.2.9200.25368
- affected>= 6.3.9600.0 and < 6.3.9600.22470
- affected>= 6.3.9600.0 and < 6.3.9600.22470
- affected>= 6.2.9200.0 and < 6.2.9200.25368
- affected>= 10.0.14393.0 and < 10.0.14393.7876
- affected>= 10.0.14393.0 and < 10.0.14393.7876
- affected>= 10.0.17763.0 and < 10.0.17763.7009
- affected>= 10.0.17763.0 and < 10.0.17763.7009
- affected>= 10.0.20348.0 and < 10.0.20348.3328
- affected>= 10.0.25398.0 and < 10.0.25398.1486
- affected>= 10.0.26100.0 and < 10.0.26100.3476
- affected>= 10.0.26100.0 and < 10.0.26100.3476
As published in the CVE Program record. A version outside these ranges is not a statement that it is unaffected — vendors sometimes understate a range, and distribution-backported builds carry upstream numbers that do not reflect what was patched into them.
cisa ssvc
- exploitation
- active
- automatable
- no
- technical impact
- partial
Assessed by CISA 14 Mar 2025 (SSVC 2.0.3).
timeline
- 11 Mar 2025Added to CISA KEV (exploited in the wild)
- 11 Mar 2025Published · 1 day later
- 14 Mar 2025CISA SSVC assessment: exploitation active · 2 days later
- 1 Apr 2025CISA remediation due date (US federal agencies) · 18 days later
- 26 Feb 2026CVE record last updated · 332 days (about 11 months) later
- 2 Nov 2026Analysed by vulneraibility.com · 249 days (about 8 months) later
- Patchmsrc.microsoft.com /update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-24984
- Linkcisa.gov /known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-24984
sources
- CVE List (CVE.org): description, affected versions, references; CVE Terms of Use
- NVD: CVSS and CPE data
- CISA KEV catalog: exploitation, date added, due date
- CISA Vulnrichment (ADP): SSVC decision points
- FIRST EPSS: exploit probability and percentile
- Summary, impact and triage tags: written by our AI analysis pipeline from the sources above. Check them against the sources.