Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

CVE-2025-62215 is an elevation of privilege vulnerability in Windows Kernel (rated Important, CVSS 7.0). Microsoft reports that it is being exploited.

Exploited1 version

Facts

Microsoft id
CVE-2025-62215
Status
Exploited
Products
Windows Kernel
Severity
Important
Impact
Elevation of Privilege
CVSS
7.0
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:F/RL:O/RC:C
Exploited
Yes
Publicly disclosed
No
Exploitability
Exploitation Detected
Customer action required
Yes
Release
2025-Nov
Assigned by
Microsoft
Weakness
CWE-362: Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition'), CWE-415: Double Free
MSRC revision
1.0
First captured by us
(from our first import of this list)
Microsoft last modified
Source
Security updates · open the original at Microsoft

Microsoft's revision notes

  1. Revision 1.0, 2025-11-11: Information published.

Microsoft says

Concurrent execution using shared resource with improper synchronization ('race condition') in Windows Kernel allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

Security updates,

Read Microsoft's full post

What Microsoft changed

One version so far. If Microsoft edits it, each change shows here with what was removed and added.

  1. First version we captured ·

    As first seen: Exploited
    Status
    Exploited

    Seen by us · Microsoft's timestamp · Microsoft's page