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  "id": "crds:cve-2025-33053",
  "revision": 1,
  "title": "Windows — shortcut file runs code from a remote share",
  "summary": "An internet shortcut file can name a working directory on a remote share, and Windows then runs code from there over the network. A state-linked group used it as a zero-day.",
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    "kev_added": "2025-06-10",
    "prerequisites": "The user must open an attacker-supplied shortcut file."
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      "url": "https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-33053"
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      "url": "https://research.checkpoint.com/2025/stealth-falcon-zero-day/"
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      "url": "https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2025-33053-detection-script-remote-code-execution-vulnerability-in-microsoft-webdav"
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  "issued_at": "2026-09-24T12:03:01.274Z",
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