MSRC-CVE-2025-29975 — Microsoft PC Manager Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

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
3.16.1.0 — https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9pm860492szd?hl=en-us&gl=US

Vulnerabilities 1

High 7.8

CVE-2025-29975

Microsoft PC Manager Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Improper link resolution before file access ('link following') in Microsoft PC Manager allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

Microsoft Microsoft PC Manager

May 13, 2025

Revision history

2025-05-20 #3
Updated acknowledgment. This is an informational change only.
2025-05-14 #2
Updated acknowledgment. This is an informational change only.
2025-05-13 #1
Information published.

References

CVE-2025-29975 Microsoft PC Manager Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability - HTML
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-29975
Microsoft Exploitability Index
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/msrc/exploitability-index?rtc=1
Microsoft Support Lifecycle
https://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
https://www.first.org/cvss