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.
According to the CVSS metric, user interaction is required (UI:R) and privileges required is Low (PR:L). What does that mean for this vulnerability
An authorized attacker with privileges could send controlled inputs to exploit this vulnerability. User interaction is required because the vulnerable function is typically triggered through a diagnostic workflow, such as launching a video troubleshooting tool or initiating a certificate validation process. These actions often involve user-initiated steps like opening a UI or selecting a monitor.
Security updates
10.0.20348.3932 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5062572
10.0.19044.6093 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5062554
10.0.22621.5624 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5062552
10.0.26100.4652 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5062553
10.0.25398.1732 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5062570
Vulnerabilities 1
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High 7.3
Windows Media Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Use after free in Windows Media allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
Revision history
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References
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CVE-2025-49682 Windows Media Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability - HTML
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-49682
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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