CVE-2025-60721
Windows Administrator Protection Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Privilege context switching error in Windows Administrator Protection 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 Administrator Protection Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Privilege context switching error in Windows Administrator Protection allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
- Record
CVE-2025-60721- 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:T/RC:C - Weakness
- CWE-270
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-93393
Privilege context switching error in Windows Administrator Protection allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
- Record
EUVD-2025-93393- 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:T/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-jfqv-rw2m-vhf4
Privilege context switching error in Windows Administrator Protection allows an authorized...
Privilege context switching error in Windows Administrator Protection allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
- Record
GHSA-jfqv-rw2m-vhf4- 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-270
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Privilege context switching error in Windows Administrator Protection allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
- Record
CVE-2025-60721- 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-270
- 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-2025-60721 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Microsoft Windows 11 Version 24h2, published November 11, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.39%, the 32nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.