CVE-2025-59497

mediumpriority · track · 19EPSS 0.002 · 11 %ileDEEURUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.21% (11th) EPSS

CVSS 4.7 · medium

Is it mine?

9 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

6 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · cert_bund

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

Time-of-check time-of-use (toctou) race condition in Microsoft Defender for Linux allows an authorized attacker to deny service locally.

remediations

Vendor fix, mitigation, or workaround guidance, as published by each source.

A vendor fix is available.

FixedMicrosoft Defender for Endpoint for Linuxmsrc_csaf
101.25032.0010:Security Update:https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/defender-endpoint/linux-whatsnew#april-2025-build-101250220002--release-version-3012502200010
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/defender-endpoint/linux-whatsnew#april-2025-build-101250220002--release-version-3012502200010

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.0

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 4.3–7

v3.14.7mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1 · impact 3.6

v3.17highAV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.17highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:Csecondary · ENISA EU

v3.17highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · secure@microsoft.com USexploitability 1 · impact 5.9

v3.14.3mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

v3.17highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:Csecondary · Microsoft Security Response Center US

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-367USCWE-367USCWE-367US

affected products (9)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Microsoft Configuration Manager 2403all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:microsoft:configuration_manager:2403
Microsoft Configuration Manager 2409all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:microsoft:configuration_manager:2409
Microsoft Configuration Manager 2503all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:microsoft:configuration_manager:2503
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint for Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:microsoft:defender:for_endpoint_for_linux
Microsoft Microsoft Defender for Endpoint for Linux101.0.0 → 101.25032.0010enisa_euvdEU
Microsoft Corp Microsoft Defender for Endpoint≤ 101.25032.0010fstec_bduRU
Microsoft Microsoft Defender for Endpoint for Linuxall versionsfixedmsrc_csafUS
Microsoft Microsoft Defender for Endpoint for Linux< 101.25032.0010msrc_csafUS
microsoft defender for endpoint< 101.25032.0010nvdUScpe:2.3:a:microsoft:defender_for_endpoint:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

advisories (2)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2025-2282Microsoft SystemCenter: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2025-10-14csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein lokaler Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Microsoft Defender und Microsoft Configuration Manager ausnutzen, um Administratorrechte zu erlangen und um einen Denial-of-Service-Zustand herbeizuführen.
msrc_CVE-2025-59497Microsoft Defender for Linux Denial of Service Vulnerability2025-10-14csaf · msrc_csafUS
To determine the support lifecycle for your software, see the Microsoft Support Lifecycle: https://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle

also known as (4)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu cert_bund msrc_csaf nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2025-10-14modified 2026-06-17

references (4)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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