CVE-2025-24036
Microsoft AutoUpdate (MAU) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Microsoft AutoUpdate (MAU) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Microsoft AutoUpdate (MAU) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Microsoft AutoUpdate (MAU) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- Record
CVE-2025-24036- CVSS 3.1
- 7.0 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Weakness
- CWE-367
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-3604
Microsoft AutoUpdate (MAU) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- Record
EUVD-2025-3604- CVSS 3.1
- 7.0 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-m6q5-p4cr-h7fh
Microsoft AutoUpdate (MAU) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Microsoft AutoUpdate (MAU) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- Record
GHSA-m6q5-p4cr-h7fh- CVSS 3.1
- 7.0 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-367
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Microsoft AutoUpdate (MAU) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- Record
CVE-2025-24036- CVSS 3.1
- 7.0 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-367
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2025-24036 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.0) in Microsoft Autoupdate, published February 11, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.36%, the 30th percentile. No source names a fixed version.