CVE-2025-47962
Windows SDK Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Improper access control in Windows SDK 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
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Windows SDK Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Improper access control in Windows SDK allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
- Record
CVE-2025-47962- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Weakness
- CWE-284
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-17765
Improper access control in Windows SDK allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
- Record
EUVD-2025-17765- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-872c-cmq4-p7wq
Improper access control in Windows SDK allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
Improper access control in Windows SDK allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
- Record
GHSA-872c-cmq4-p7wq- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-284
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Improper access control in Windows SDK allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
- Record
CVE-2025-47962- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-284
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| PoC in GitHub | q1uf3ng/CVE-2025-47962-POC | 2025-12-30 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD, PoC in GitHub |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2025-47962 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Microsoft Windows Sdk, published June 10, 2025. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.64%, the 76th percentile. No source names a fixed version.