CVEvulnerability
CVE-2025-21204
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Analyzed
- Published
- 2025-04-08
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-59
Description
Improper link resolution before file access ('link following') in Windows Update Stack allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
Affected configurations
• microsoft windows 10 1507 (< 10.0.10240.20978)
• microsoft windows 10 1607 (< 10.0.14393.7969)
• microsoft windows 10 1809 (< 10.0.17763.7136)
• microsoft windows 10 21h2 (< 10.0.19044.5737)
• microsoft windows 10 22h2 (< 10.0.19045.5737)
• microsoft windows 11 22h2 (< 10.0.22621.5189)
• microsoft windows 11 23h2 (< 10.0.22631.5189)
• microsoft windows 11 24h2 (< 10.0.26100.3775)
• microsoft windows server 2008
• microsoft windows server 2008 r2
• microsoft windows server 2012
• microsoft windows server 2012 r2
• microsoft windows server 2016 (< 10.0.14393.7969)
• microsoft windows server 2019 (< 10.0.17763.7136)
• microsoft windows server 2022 (< 10.0.20348.3453)
• microsoft windows server 2022 23h2 (< 10.0.25398.1551)
• microsoft windows server 2025 (< 10.0.26100.3775)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access weakness
References
- https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-21204 Vendor Advisory
- https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2025-21204-privilege-elevation-vulnerability-in-microsoft-windows-update-stack-detection-script Tool Signature
- https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2025-21204-privilege-elevation-vulnerability-in-microsoft-windows-update-stack-mitigation-script Mitigation