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High MSRC-CVE-2025-55701 1 CVE

Windows Authentication Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Published Oct 14, 2025 · Updated Oct 14, 2025

Summary

Impact: Elevation of Privilege. Microsoft rating: Important. Not known to be exploited — Exploitation Less Likely. Customer action: Required.

Details

How could an attacker exploit this vulnerability?
To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would first have to log on to the system. An attacker could then run a specially crafted application that could exploit the vulnerability and take control of an affected system.
Additionally, an attacker could convince a local user to open a malicious file. The attacker would have to convince the user to click a link, typically by way of an enticement in an email or instant message, and then convince them to open the specially crafted file.

What privileges could be gained by an attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability?
An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could gain administrator privileges.

Security updates
10.0.26200.6899 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5066835
10.0.17763.7919 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5066586
10.0.20348.4294 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5066782
10.0.19044.6456 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5066791
10.0.22621.6060 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5066793
10.0.25398.1913 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5066780
10.0.10240.21161 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5066837
10.0.14393.8519 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5066836
6.0.6003.23571 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5066874
6.0.6003.23571 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5066877
6.1.7601.27974 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5066872
6.1.7601.27974 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5066876
6.2.9200.25722 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5066875
6.3.9600.22824 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5066873

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