CVE-2025-53769
Windows Security App Spoofing Vulnerability
External control of file name or path in Windows Security App allows an authorized attacker to perform spoofing locally.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Windows Security App Spoofing Vulnerability
External control of file name or path in Windows Security App allows an authorized attacker to perform spoofing locally.
- Record
CVE-2025-53769- CVSS 3.1
- 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 - Weakness
- CWE-73
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-24288
External control of file name or path in Windows Security App allows an authorized attacker to perform spoofing locally.
- Record
EUVD-2025-24288- CVSS 3.1
- 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 - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-78fp-x36m-f5gf
External control of file name or path in Windows Security App allows an authorized attacker to...
External control of file name or path in Windows Security App allows an authorized attacker to perform spoofing locally.
- Record
GHSA-78fp-x36m-f5gf- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-73
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
External control of file name or path in Windows Security App allows an authorized attacker to perform spoofing locally.
- Record
CVE-2025-53769- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-73
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2025-53769 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) in Microsoft Windows Security App, published August 12, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.40%, the 34th percentile. No source names a fixed version.