CVE-2025-26684
Microsoft Defender Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
External control of file name or path in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- 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 Defender Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
External control of file name or path in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
- Record
CVE-2025-26684- CVSS 3.1
- 6.7 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Weakness
- CWE-73
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-14475
External control of file name or path in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
- Record
EUVD-2025-14475- CVSS 3.1
- 6.7 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-xrjq-mmx8-72h6
External control of file name or path in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint allows an authorized...
External control of file name or path in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
- Record
GHSA-xrjq-mmx8-72h6- CVSS 3.1
- 6.7 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-73, CWE-610
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
External control of file name or path in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
- Record
CVE-2025-26684- CVSS 3.1
- 6.7 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-73, CWE-610
- 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-2025-26684 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.7) in Microsoft Defender For Endpoint, published May 13, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.44%, the 38th percentile. No source names a fixed version.