SYSTEM command execution via reflected SMB authentication
Published Jun 10, 2025 · Updated Feb 26, 2026
Improper access control in the Windows SMB Client allows remote authenticated users to execute commands as SYSTEM through SMB reflection. The client accepts a DNS name containing marshaled target information, LSASS strips the suffix, and the resulting authentication is relayed to the originating host. A domain account must register or poison the name and coerce authentication; successful reflection requires SMB signing not to be enforced.
Summary
What happened
Improper access control in the Windows SMB Client allows remote authenticated users to execute commands as SYSTEM through SMB reflection. The client accepts a DNS name containing marshaled target information, LSASS strips the suffix, and the resulting authentication is relayed to the originating host. A domain account must register or poison the name and coerce authentication; successful reflection requires SMB signing not to be enforced.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-33073
- Published
- Jun 10, 2025
- Updated
- Feb 26, 2026
- Vendor
- Microsoft
- Product
- Windows 10 Version 1507
- Classifications
- CWE-284, T1557.001
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jun 10, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Feb 26, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=10.0.10240.0 <10.0.10240.21034
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Public exploit references
- CVE-2025-33073 NTLM reflection SMB exploitfunctional · demonstrated
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Reported exploitation
- CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog entryknown exploited catalog
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