CVE-2025-27485
vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

A vulnerability identified as CVE-2025-27485 was discovered in the Windows Standards-Based Storage Management Service. The vulnerability was disclosed on April 8, 2025, and involves an uncontrolled resource consumption issue that could be exploited over a network by unauthorized attackers (NVD Database).

Technical details

The vulnerability has been classified as CWE-400 (Uncontrolled Resource Consumption) and received a CVSS v3.1 Base Score of 7.5 (HIGH) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H. This scoring indicates that the vulnerability can be exploited over the network, requires low attack complexity, needs no privileges or user interaction, and can result in high availability impact (NVD Database).

Impact

The vulnerability affects the availability of the Windows Standards-Based Storage Management Service, potentially leading to denial of service conditions when successfully exploited (NVD Database).

Mitigation and workarounds

Microsoft has released security updates to address this vulnerability as part of their April 2025 security updates. Users of affected systems are advised to apply the latest security updates (ASEC Advisory).

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