CVE-2025-33053

Internet Shortcut Files Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

8.8 HighIn KEVPublic exploit

External control of file name or path in Internet Shortcut Files allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a network.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector: Network
Complexity: Low
Privileges needed: None
User interaction: Required

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality: High
Integrity: High
Availability: High

Exploit likelihood

87.1%Up 32.8 points since Jun 11, 2025

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 8.8

Internet Shortcut Files Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

External control of file name or path in Internet Shortcut Files allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a network.

Record: CVE-2025-33053
CVSS 3.1: 8.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:F/RL:O/RC:C
Weakness: CWE-73
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2025-17721 8.8

External control of file name or path in Internet Shortcut Files allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a network.

Record: EUVD-2025-17721
CVSS 3.1: 8.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:F/RL:O/RC:C
Updated: 2026-11-02

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-26qv-p8cr-jxp5 8.8

External control of file name or path in WebDAV allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code...

External control of file name or path in WebDAV allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a network.

Record: GHSA-26qv-p8cr-jxp5
CVSS 3.1: 8.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness: CWE-73
Updated: 2026-11-02

CISA KEV No score

Microsoft Windows External Control of File Name or Path Vulnerability

Microsoft Windows contains an external control of file name or path vulnerability that could allow an attacker to execute code from a remote WebDAV location specified by the WorkingDirectory attribute of Internet Shortcut files.

Record: CVE-2025-33053
Weakness: CWE-73
Updated: 2026-11-02

NVD 8.8

External control of file name or path in Internet Shortcut Files allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a network.

Record: CVE-2025-33053
CVSS 3.1: 8.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness: CWE-73
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

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Public exploits

Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.

Public exploits
Source	Link	Date
Metasploit	CVE-2025-33053 Exploit via Malicious .URL File and WebDAV	2025-06-11
PoC in GitHub	DevBuiHieu/CVE-2025-33053-Proof-Of-Concept	2025-06-12
PoC in GitHub	TheTorjanCaptain/CVE-2025-33053-Checker-PoC	2025-06-18
PoC in GitHub	kra1t0/CVE-2025-33053-WebDAV-RCE-PoC-and-C2-Concept	2025-06-18
PoC in GitHub	4n4s4zi/CVE-2025-33053_PoC	2025-08-23
PoC in GitHub	Cyberw1ng/CVE-2025-33053-POC	2025-12-18

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 3, 2026	exploitation, exploits
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, CISA KEV, Metasploit, NVD, PoC in GitHub

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2025-33053 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) in Microsoft Windows, published June 10, 2025. CISA lists it as known to be exploited, since June 10, 2025. EUVD reports exploitation since June 10, 2025. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 87.1%, the 99th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

References

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