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Microsoft Windows: CVE-2025-33075: Windows Installer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Jun 10, 2025
Added
Jun 10, 2025
Modified
May 8, 2026

Description

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

Solutions

microsoft-windows-windows_10-1507-kb5060998microsoft-windows-windows_10-1607-kb5061010microsoft-windows-windows_10-1809-kb5060531microsoft-windows-windows_10-21h2-kb5060533microsoft-windows-windows_10-22h2-kb5060533microsoft-windows-windows_11-22h2-kb5060999microsoft-windows-windows_11-23h2-kb5060999microsoft-windows-windows_11-24h2-kb5060842microsoft-windows-windows_server_2012-kb5061059microsoft-windows-windows_server_2012_r2-kb5061018microsoft-windows-windows_server_2016-1607-kb5061010microsoft-windows-windows_server_2019-1809-kb5060531microsoft-windows-windows_server_2022-21h2-kb5060526microsoft-windows-windows_server_2022-22h2-kb5060526microsoft-windows-windows_server_2022-23h2-kb5060118microsoft-windows-windows_server_2025-24h2-kb5060842

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