CVE-2025-49694
Microsoft Brokering File System Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Null pointer dereference 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
- 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
Microsoft Brokering File System Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Null pointer dereference in Microsoft Brokering File System allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
- Record
CVE-2025-49694- 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-476
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-20633
Null pointer dereference in Microsoft Brokering File System allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
- Record
EUVD-2025-20633- 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-4pc5-fm55-ff6g
Null pointer dereference in Microsoft Brokering File System allows an authorized attacker to...
Null pointer dereference in Microsoft Brokering File System allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
- Record
GHSA-4pc5-fm55-ff6g- 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-476
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Null pointer dereference in Microsoft Brokering File System allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
- Record
CVE-2025-49694- 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-476
- 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-2025-49694 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Microsoft Windows 11 Version 24h2, published July 8, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.43%, the 37th percentile. No source names a fixed version.