Summary
Impact: Elevation of Privilege. Microsoft rating: Important. Not known to be exploited — Exploitation Less Likely. Customer action: Required.
Details
What privileges could be gained by an attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability?
An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could gain SYSTEM privileges.
Security updates
10.0.17763.7136 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5055519
10.0.19044.5737 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5055518
10.0.22621.5189 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5055528
10.0.26100.3775 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5055523
10.0.25398.1551 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5055527
Vulnerabilities 1
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High 7.8
Windows Digital Media Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Use after free in Windows Digital Media allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
Revision history
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#2
Updated acknowledgment. This is an informational change only.
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#1
Information published.
References
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CVE-2025-27476 Windows Digital Media Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability - HTML
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-27476
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Microsoft Exploitability Index
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/msrc/exploitability-index?rtc=1
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Microsoft Support Lifecycle
https://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle
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Common Vulnerability Scoring System
https://www.first.org/cvss