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Vulnerability · Published May 13, 2025 · Assigned by microsoft

CVE-2025-29968Active Directory Certificate Services (AD CS) Denial of Service Vulnerability

Medium 6.5

In plain English

A medium-severity improper input validation in Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 from Microsoft. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 2.0% (higher than 81% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)2.0%top 18.9% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Improper input validation in Active Directory Certificate Services (AD CS) allows an authorized attacker to deny service over a network.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 6.1.7601.0 – before 6.1.7601.27729
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 (Server Core installation) 6.1.7601.0 – before 6.1.7601.27729
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 6.0.6003.0 – before 6.0.6003.23279
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 (Server Core installation) 6.0.6003.0 – before 6.0.6003.23279
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 6.2.9200.0 – before 6.2.9200.25475
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 (Server Core installation) 6.2.9200.0 – before 6.2.9200.25475
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 6.3.9600.0 – before 6.3.9600.22577
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 (Server Core installation) 6.3.9600.0 – before 6.3.9600.22577
Microsoft Windows Server 2016 10.0.14393.0 – before 10.0.14393.8066
Microsoft Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation) 10.0.14393.0 – before 10.0.14393.8066
Microsoft Windows Server 2019 10.0.17763.0 – before 10.0.17763.7314
Microsoft Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation) 10.0.17763.0 – before 10.0.17763.7314
Microsoft Windows Server 2022 10.0.20348.0 – before 10.0.20348.3692
Microsoft Windows Server 2022, 23H2 Edition (Server Core installation) 10.0.25398.0 – before 10.0.25398.1611

Weakness: CWE-20 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

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