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
10.0.17763.9121 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5120238
10.0.20348.5499 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5120242
10.0.20348.5440 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5120229
10.0.26100.33296 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5120233
10.0.26100.33222 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5120228
10.0.14393.9418 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5120418
6.2.9200.26280 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5120386
6.3.9600.23338 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5120385
Vulnerabilities 1
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High 7.8
Windows DHCP Server Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Improper link resolution before file access ('link following') in Windows DHCP Server allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
Revision history
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#2
Updated software table to remove clients versions because this vulnerability only impacts Windows Servers. This is an informational change only.
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#1
Information published.
References
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CVE-2026-62776 Windows DHCP Server Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability - HTML
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-62776
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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