CVE-2025-47984
Published: 08 July 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-47984 is a high-severity Protection Mechanism Failure (CWE-693) vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Server 2008. Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).
Operationally, ranked in the top 6.6% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis
Protection mechanism failure in Windows GDI, tracked as CVE-2025-47984 and assigned CWE-693, enables unauthorized information disclosure over a network. The flaw carries a CVSS 3.1 score of 7.5 with the vector AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N, confirming remote attack feasibility against the affected graphics component in Windows.
An unauthenticated attacker can send crafted network traffic to trigger the weakness and obtain sensitive data without requiring user interaction or credentials. The attack succeeds because the protection mechanism does not adequately restrict access to the disclosed information.
Microsoft’s Security Response Center advisory at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-47984 supplies official guidance on patches and mitigation steps. The associated EPSS score has remained flat at 0.1039 with no material increase since disclosure.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-20653
Vulnerability details
Protection mechanism failure in Windows GDI allows an unauthorized attacker to disclose information over a network.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Implements a reliable, tamperproof protection mechanism whose completeness can be assured.
Procedures for training on protection mechanisms reduce the chance of protection mechanism failures being present or exploitable.
Documented procedures to implement assessment, authorization, and monitoring controls prevent these protection mechanisms from failing due to undefined processes.
Direct evaluation of whether controls produce desired security outcomes detects protection mechanism failures and enables remediation.
Requires assessment that protection mechanisms are correctly implemented and producing intended security outcomes.
The POA&M process ensures identified weaknesses in protection mechanisms are documented and scheduled for remediation, reducing the duration they remain exploitable.
Ongoing control assessments and analysis of monitoring data enable timely detection and response when protection mechanisms fail.
Impact analysis identifies changes that could weaken or disable existing protection mechanisms.