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Microsoft Windows: CVE-2025-47972: Windows Input Method Editor (IME) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Jul 8, 2025
Added
Jul 8, 2025
Modified
May 8, 2026

Description

Concurrent execution using shared resource with improper synchronization ('race condition') in Microsoft Input Method Editor (IME) allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.

Solutions

microsoft-windows-windows_10-1507-kb5062561microsoft-windows-windows_10-1607-kb5062560microsoft-windows-windows_10-1809-kb5062557microsoft-windows-windows_10-21h2-kb5062554microsoft-windows-windows_10-22h2-kb5062554microsoft-windows-windows_11-22h2-kb5062552microsoft-windows-windows_11-23h2-kb5062552microsoft-windows-windows_11-24h2-kb5062553microsoft-windows-windows_server_2016-1607-kb5062560microsoft-windows-windows_server_2019-1809-kb5062557microsoft-windows-windows_server_2022-21h2-kb5062572microsoft-windows-windows_server_2022-22h2-kb5062572microsoft-windows-windows_server_2022-23h2-kb5062570microsoft-windows-windows_server_2025-24h2-kb5062553

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