Windows Server Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability (Microsoft Windows Server 2016)

CVE-2025-25008

HIGH 7.1

At a glance

Source: NVD
EPSS: EPSS 0.61 % · percentile 49 (2026-10-31)
State: PUBLISHED
Published: 2025-03-11 16:59 UTC
Updated: 2026-02-13 19:38 UTC
Assigner: microsoft
NVD status: Analyzed

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Description

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

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-59 — Improper Link Resolution Before File Access

References

https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-25008

Scores

Version	Score	Vector	Scored by
CVSS 3.1	HIGH 7.1	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
CVSS 3.1	HIGH 7.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H	NVD · secure@microsoft.com (Secondary)

European references

ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2025-6344
GCVE · GCVE-0-2025-25008

CERT-FR advisories

CERTFR-2025-AVI-0193 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans Microsoft Windows · cert.ssi.gouv.fr

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2016:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* < 10.0.14393.7876
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2019:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* < 10.0.17763.7009
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2022:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* < 10.0.20348.3328
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2022_23h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:x64:* < 10.0.25398.1486
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2025:*:*:*:*:*:*:x64:* < 10.0.26100.3476

Affected products

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

Sources

Source	Licence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)	CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)	FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVD	ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
CERT-FR (ANSSI)	Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds	Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD