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  1. CVE-2025-54917: Windows MapUrlToZone Security Feature Bypass Explained

    Microsoft’s security feed lists CVE-2025-54917 as a Windows MapUrlToZone “Security Feature Bypass” — a protection-mechanism failure that can let an attacker trick Windows into misclassifying a URL’s zone and thereby bypass zone-based restrictions across the network. This class of flaw sits...
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  2. MapUrlToZone Path Equivalence: Windows Security Bypass Explained

    Windows’ long-standing URL zoning system has been shown to contain a dangerous weakness: an improper resolution of path equivalence in the MapUrlToZone API that can allow an attacker to bypass security zoning and make remote or network resources appear more trusted than they are. Overview...
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    • bypass-exploitation cve-2025-21247 cve-2025-21328 cwe-41 dot-segments enterprise-security extended-path ie-compatibility mapurltozone office-hyperlinks patch-management path-equivalence percent-encoding security-bypass urlmon vulnerability-tracker windows-security wininet zone-mapping
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