CVE-2025-27472

Published: Apr 8, 2025

Modified: Feb 13, 2026

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

5.4

MEDIUM

Protection mechanism failure in Windows Mark of the Web (MOTW) allows an unauthorized attacker to bypass a security feature over a network.

Vendor	Product	Versions
Microsoft	Windows 10 Version 1507	affected `10.0.10240.0 - < 10.0.10240.20978`
Microsoft	Windows Server 2012	affected `6.2.9200.0 - < 6.2.9200.25423`
Microsoft	Windows Server 2012 (Server Core installation)	affected `6.2.9200.0 - < 6.2.9200.25423`
Microsoft	Windows Server 2012 R2	affected `6.3.9600.0 - < 6.3.9600.22523`
Microsoft	Windows Server 2012 R2 (Server Core installation)	affected `6.3.9600.0 - < 6.3.9600.22523`

CVSS v3.1 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Low

Availability

Low

vendor-advisory

patch

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