Summary
Impact: Spoofing. Microsoft rating: Important. Not known to be exploited — Exploitation Less Likely. Customer action: Required.
Details
According to the CVSS metric, user interaction is required (UI:R). What interaction would the user have to do?
A user would need to be tricked into opening a folder that contains a specially crafted file.
Security updates
10.0.17763.7009 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5053596
10.0.20348.3328 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5053603
10.0.20348.3270 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5053638
10.0.19044.5608 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5053606
10.0.22621.5039 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5053602
10.0.26100.3476 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5053598
10.0.26100.3403 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5053636
10.0.25398.1486 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5053599
10.0.10240.20947 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5053618
10.0.14393.7876 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5053594
6.3.9600.22470 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5053887
Vulnerabilities 1
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Medium 6.5
Microsoft Windows File Explorer Spoofing Vulnerability
Exposure of sensitive information to an unauthorized actor in Windows File Explorer allows an unauthorized attacker to perform spoofing over a network.
Revision history
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#2
Added an FAQ and updated the CVSS score. This is an informational change only.
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#1
Information published.
References
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CVE-2025-24071 Microsoft Windows File Explorer Spoofing Vulnerability - HTML
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-24071
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Microsoft Exploitability Index
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/msrc/exploitability-index?rtc=1
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Microsoft Support Lifecycle
https://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle
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Common Vulnerability Scoring System
https://www.first.org/cvss