Microsoft Windows NTLM Hash Disclosure Spoofing Vulnerability
Microsoft · Windows
The flaw is an external control of file name or path weakness in the NTLM component of Microsoft Windows, which allows spoofing. An unauthorized attacker on the network can exploit it without privileges, but it requires user interaction, and the effect is limited to information disclosure of NTLM hashes and integrity impact.
External control of file name or path in Windows NTLM allows an unauthorized attacker to perform spoofing over a network.
- Exploited
- Yes, in CISA KEV
- Reports
- 0
- Tactics
- 2/15
How an attack unfolds
Based on MITRE ATT&CKA public catalogue of the techniques attackers use, maintained by MITRE. Patchfirst uses it to describe what attackers do with a vulnerability. mappings. Select a step to see the evidence.How attackers get in
What they do
Exploitation timelineDated milestones for a CVE: when it was disclosed, when exploit code became public, when exploitation was confirmed, and when threat reports named it.
First seen exploited 36 days after disclosure. Public exploit code (PoC-in-GitHub) appeared 38 days after disclosure.
- Disclosedday 0
- First seen exploitedVulnCheck KEV evidence+36 days
- Added to CISA KEVEU database agrees+37 days
- Public exploit codePoC-in-GitHub+38 days
CISA KEV listing is when exploitation was confirmed, not necessarily the first attack.
MITRE ATT&CKA public catalogue of the techniques attackers use, maintained by MITRE. Patchfirst uses it to describe what attackers do with a vulnerability. techniques
2 TechniqueOne specific attacker behaviour in MITRE ATT&CK, such as T1190 “Exploit Public-Facing Application”. IDs with a dot, like T1059.004, are sub-techniques., grouped by TacticThe attacker’s goal at a stage of an attack in MITRE ATT&CK, such as Initial Access or Persistence. Each technique belongs to one or more tactics. in kill-chain order 2Initial AccessTA0001
Using a crafted .library-ms file, attackers can exploit this spoofing vulnerability to gain access to NTLM hashes on the system. This was officially patched by Microsoft on March 11, 2025, but has been exploited in the wild as of March 19, 2025.
Credential AccessTA0006
Detection
1 rule for this CVE · 22 general rules for its techniquesRules for this CVE
1Sigma ruleAn open, vendor-neutral detection rule for log data. Security teams convert Sigma rules into searches for their own SIEM. that reference CVE-2025-24054 directly.General rules for this CVE’s techniques
These detect the technique in general, not this specific vulnerability.
PhishingT156614 general rules
- CVE-2021-31979 CVE-2021-33771 Exploitscriticaltest
- CVE-2021-31979 CVE-2021-33771 Exploits by Sourgumcriticaltest
- HTML Help HH.EXE Suspicious Child Processhightest
- Okta FastPass Phishing Detectionhightest
- Phishing Pattern ISO in Archivehightest
- Potential Malicious Usage of CloudTrail System Managerhightest
- Suspicious External WebDAV Executionhightest
- Suspicious HH.EXE Executionhightest
Credentials from Password StoresT15558 general rules
- HackTool - SecurityXploded Executioncriticalstable
- DPAPI Backup Keys And Certificate Export Activity IOChightest
- HackTool - WinPwn Executionhightest
- HackTool - WinPwn Execution - ScriptBlockhightest
- Suspicious Serv-U Process Patternhightest
- Dump Credentials from Windows Credential Manager With PowerShellmediumtest
- Enumerate Credentials from Windows Credential Manager With PowerShellmediumtest
- PUA - AWS TruffleHog Executionmediumexperimental
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What security researchers reported
Not named in any threat report yetAlso mentioned in 50 community threat pulses (AlienVault OTX)
Weaker evidencePulses are indicator collections that anyone can publish. A mention is not confirmation of exploitation.
- Actively_Exploited_Kev | Oct 30, 202629 Oct 2026
- Actively_Exploited_Kev | Oct 29, 202628 Oct 2026
- Actively_Exploited_Kev | Oct 28, 202627 Oct 2026
- Actively_Exploited_Kev | Oct 27, 202626 Oct 2026
- Actively_Exploited_Kev | Oct 24, 202623 Oct 2026
- Actively_Exploited_Kev | Oct 23, 202622 Oct 2026
- 44 more on OTX