CVE-2025-47956

MEDIUMNVD 5.55.5—Trending — 4 sources updated this week

5.5

External control of file name or path in Windows Security App allows an authorized attacker to perform spoofing locally.

CVSS v3: 5.5
EG Score: 5.5(medium)
EPSS: 82.1%
KEV: Not listed

Published

June 10, 2025

Last Modified

July 9, 2025

References (1)

secure@microsofthttps://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-47956

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

CWE-73

All Vendor Advisories

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Every vendor that published an advisory referencing this CVE — pulled from our cve_vendor_advisories aggregation. Click any row for the vendor's original advisory page.

Microsoft MSRCCVE-2025-479562025-06-10
Windows Security App Spoofing Vulnerability

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 12× in last 7d / 12× in last 30d)

Every time one of our enrichment pipelines (NVD, MITRE cvelistV5, EPSS, CISA KEV, GHSA, OSV, vendor advisories) ran against this CVE. Most recent first.

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2026-05-30 03:53 UTCEG score recompute
2026-05-30 03:53 UTCVendor advisory
2026-05-30 03:53 UTCGHSA enrichment
2026-05-29 13:44 UTCepss_batch

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2025-47956?

CVE-2025-47956 is a medium vulnerability published on June 10, 2025. External control of file name or path in Windows Security App allows an authorized attacker to perform spoofing locally.

When was CVE-2025-47956 disclosed?

CVE-2025-47956 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on June 10, 2025, with the most recent update on July 9, 2025. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.

Is CVE-2025-47956 actively exploited?

CVE-2025-47956 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 82.1% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.

What is the CVSS score of CVE-2025-47956?

CVE-2025-47956 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5 (NVD).

How do I remediate CVE-2025-47956?

Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2025-47956, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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