CVE-2025-49677
Microsoft Brokering File System Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Use after free in Microsoft Brokering File System allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
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 Brokering File System Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Use after free in Microsoft Brokering File System allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
- Record
CVE-2025-49677- 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-416
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-20639
Use after free in Microsoft Brokering File System allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
- Record
EUVD-2025-20639- 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-69q2-qmcc-6rh3
Use after free in Microsoft Brokering File System allows an authorized attacker to elevate...
Use after free in Microsoft Brokering File System allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
- Record
GHSA-69q2-qmcc-6rh3- 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-416
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Use after free in Microsoft Brokering File System allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
- Record
CVE-2025-49677- 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-416
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Exploit-DB | Microsoft Brokering File System Windows 11 Version 22H2 - Elevation of Privilege | 2025-07-16 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2025-49677 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.0) in Microsoft Windows 11 Version 22h2, published July 8, 2025. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.12%, the 66th percentile. No source names a fixed version.