Security feature bypass via undisclosed MOTW failure
Published Mar 11, 2025 · Updated Feb 13, 2026
Protection mechanism failure in Microsoft Windows Mark of the Web allows local users to bypass security protections through a crafted file. Microsoft has not published the faulty MOTW code path or the incorrect operation performed on the file. A user must open the attacker-controlled file, after which the bypass evades trust labeling used by downstream protections.
Summary
What happened
Protection mechanism failure in Microsoft Windows Mark of the Web allows local users to bypass security protections through a crafted file. Microsoft has not published the faulty MOTW code path or the incorrect operation performed on the file. A user must open the attacker-controlled file, after which the bypass evades trust labeling used by downstream protections.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-24061
- Published
- Mar 11, 2025
- Updated
- Feb 13, 2026
- Vendor
- Microsoft
- Product
- Windows 10 Version 1507
- Classifications
- CWE-693, T1204.002
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Mar 11, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Feb 13, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=10.0.10240.0 <10.0.10240.20947
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