CVE-2025-25008
Windows Server Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Improper link resolution before file access ('link following') in Microsoft Windows allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Windows Server Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Improper link resolution before file access ('link following') in Microsoft Windows allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
- Record
CVE-2025-25008- CVSS 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 - Weakness
- CWE-59
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-6344
Improper link resolution before file access ('link following') in Microsoft Windows allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
- Record
EUVD-2025-6344- CVSS 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 - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-pm58-f9hw-7c82
Improper link resolution before file access ('link following') in Microsoft Windows allows an...
Improper link resolution before file access ('link following') in Microsoft Windows allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
- Record
GHSA-pm58-f9hw-7c82- CVSS 3.1
- 7.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-59
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Improper link resolution before file access ('link following') in Microsoft Windows allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
- Record
CVE-2025-25008- CVSS 3.1
- 7.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-59
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
- microsoft windows server 2016
- microsoft windows server 2016 (server core installation)
- microsoft windows server 2019
- microsoft windows server 2019 (server core installation)
- microsoft windows server 2022
- microsoft windows server 2022, 23h2 edition (server core installation)
- microsoft windows server 2025
- microsoft windows server 2025 (server core installation)
- microsoft windows server 2022 23h2
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-2025-25008 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.1) in Microsoft Windows Server 2016, published March 11, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.61%, the 49th percentile. No source names a fixed version.