CVE-2025-25008

Windows Server Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

State: Published
Severity: 7.1 High
Published: Mar 11, 2025
Updated: Feb 13, 2026
Reserved: Jan 30, 2025

Description

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

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	7.1 High	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C	microsoft

Weaknesses

CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

Affected Products

Product	Versions
Windows Server 2016Microsoft	10.0.14393.0 to before 10.0.14393.7876Affected
Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation)Microsoft	10.0.14393.0 to before 10.0.14393.7876Affected
Windows Server 2019Microsoft	10.0.17763.0 to before 10.0.17763.7009Affected
Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)Microsoft	10.0.17763.0 to before 10.0.17763.7009Affected
Windows Server 2022Microsoft	10.0.20348.0 to before 10.0.20348.3328Affected
Windows Server 2022, 23H2 Edition (Server Core installation)Microsoft	10.0.25398.0 to before 10.0.25398.1486Affected
Windows Server 2025Microsoft	10.0.26100.0 to before 10.0.26100.3476Affected
Windows Server 2025 (Server Core installation)Microsoft	10.0.26100.0 to before 10.0.26100.3476Affected

References

Windows Server Elevation of Privilege Vulnerabilityvendor-advisorypatch

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