Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-55333

Microsoft Windows 10 1507 ≤ 10.0.10240.21161

Published
14 October 2025
Modified
27 October 2025
Patch / advisory
CVSS Score v3.1 6.1
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0082 54th percentile
Risk Priority 48 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2025-55333 is a medium-severity Incomplete Comparison with Missing Factors (CWE-1023) vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 10 1507. Its CVSS base score is 6.1 (Medium).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Masquerading (T1036); ranked in the top 46% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to AC-24 (Access Control Decisions) and AC-3 (Access Enforcement) — see the control section below for these in your framework.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

Incomplete comparison with missing factors in Windows BitLocker allows an unauthorized attacker to bypass a security feature with a physical attack.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques

T1036 Masquerading Stealth
Adversaries may attempt to manipulate features of their artifacts to make them appear legitimate or benign to users and/or security tools.
T1553 Subvert Trust Controls Defense Impairment
Adversaries may undermine security controls that will either warn users of untrusted activity or prevent execution of untrusted programs.
Derived from this CVE’s CWE(s) via the direct CWE→ATT&CK cross-walk.

CVEs Like This One

CVE-2024-49039Same product: Microsoft Windows 10 1507
CVE-2025-21202Same product: Microsoft Windows 10 1507
CVE-2025-21241Same product: Microsoft Windows 10 1507
CVE-2025-21248Same product: Microsoft Windows 10 1507
CVE-2025-21284Same product: Microsoft Windows 10 1507
CVE-2025-21280Same product: Microsoft Windows 10 1507
CVE-2025-21239Same product: Microsoft Windows 10 1507
CVE-2025-21219Same product: Microsoft Windows 10 1507
CVE-2024-49107Same product: Microsoft Windows 10 1507
CVE-2025-21211Same product: Microsoft Windows 10 1507

Affected Assets

microsoft
windows 10 1507
≤ 10.0.10240.21161
microsoft
windows 10 1607
≤ 10.0.14393.8519
microsoft
windows 10 1809
≤ 10.0.17763.7919
microsoft
windows 10 21h2
≤ 10.0.19044.6456
microsoft
windows 10 22h2
≤ 10.0.19045.6456
microsoft
windows 11 22h2
≤ 10.0.22621.6060
microsoft
windows 11 23h2
≤ 10.0.22631.6060
microsoft
windows 11 24h2
≤ 10.0.26100.6899
microsoft
windows 11 25h2
≤ 10.0.26200.6899
microsoft
windows server 2016
≤ 10.0.14393.8519
+4 more product configuration(s) — see NVD for full list

Mitigating Controls

Control response

Prevent
Stop it (NIST 800-53)

Detect
Catch it (NIST detect / respond)

Harden
Shrink the surface (DISA STIG)

Validate
Prove the fix (OWASP ASVS)
  • V6.3.4
  • V6.3.5
  • V6.1.3
  • V6.5.7

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

Mandating that access-control decisions apply the full set of required rules to each request structurally eliminates missing-factor comparisons.

Access enforcement requires that every authorization decision evaluate all relevant entity attributes, directly stopping incomplete comparisons from being used.

Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

PR.PS-06 mostly match
prevents

Secure SDLC practices (reviews, testing, static analysis) directly prevent incomplete comparison flaws from being introduced.

PR.AA-03 partial match
prevents

Authentication decisions often rely on multi-factor comparisons; incomplete comparisons directly weaken this control.

PR.AA-05 partial match
prevents

Enforcing access policy requires complete evaluation of all relevant attributes; missing factors undermine authorization decisions.

Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

finds

Security testing can detect missing comparison factors, yet testing is only one part of the control's scope.

prevents

Application security requirements can mandate complete multi-factor comparisons, but the control is broader than this single weakness.

prevents

Secure architecture principles can require exhaustive entity comparisons, yet the control addresses many other design concerns.

prevents

Secure coding standards can forbid incomplete comparisons, but the control covers a wide range of coding issues.

References