Summary
Impact: Elevation of Privilege. Microsoft rating: Important. Not known to be exploited — Exploitation Less Likely. Customer action: Required.
Details
According to the CVSS metric, the attack vector is local (AV:L) while user interaction is required (UI:R). What does that mean for this vulnerability?
An attacker can trick a local user on a vulnerable system into mounting a specially crafted VHD that would then trigger the vulnerability.
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
10.0.17763.7314 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5058392
10.0.10240.21014 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5058387
10.0.14393.8066 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5058383
6.0.6003.23279 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5058449
6.0.6003.23279 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5058429
6.1.7601.27729 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5058430
6.1.7601.27729 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5058454
6.2.9200.25475 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5058451
6.3.9600.22577 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5058403
Vulnerabilities 1
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High 7.8
NTFS Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Out-of-bounds read in Windows NTFS allows an unauthorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
Revision history
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Information published.
References
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CVE-2025-32707 NTFS Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability - HTML
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-32707
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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