vulnerability

Microsoft Windows: CVE-2025-25008: Windows Server Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:C/A:C)
Published
Mar 11, 2025
Added
Mar 11, 2025
Modified
Oct 14, 2025

Description

Improper link resolution before file access ('link following') in Microsoft Windows allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

Solutions

microsoft-windows-windows_server_2016-1607-kb5053594microsoft-windows-windows_server_2019-1809-kb5053596microsoft-windows-windows_server_2022-21h2-kb5053603microsoft-windows-windows_server_2022-22h2-kb5053603microsoft-windows-windows_server_2022-23h2-kb5053599microsoft-windows-windows_server_2025-24h2-kb5053598
Title
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