CVE-2025-53769 (GCVE-0-2025-53769)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-08-12 17:10
Modified
2025-08-15 20:33
Severity ?
5.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
CWE
  • CWE-73 - External Control of File Name or Path
Summary
External control of file name or path in Windows Security App allows an authorized attacker to perform spoofing locally.
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Microsoft Windows Security App Version: 1000.0.0.0   < 1000.27840.1000.0
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