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 the vulnerability?
The attacker would gain the rights of the user that is running the affected application.
Security updates
4.8.4805.0 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5120702
2.0.50727.9070 & 3.0.30729.9068 & 4.8.4805.0 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5120703
4.8.4805.0 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5120706
2.0.50727.9183 & 3.0.30729.9169 & 4.8.4805.0 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5120701
2.0.50727.9070 & 3.0.30729.9068 & 4.7.4144.0 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5120698
2.0.50727.8984 & 3.0.30729.8980 & 4.7.4144.0 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5120418
4.7.4144.0 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5120699
4.7.4144.0 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5120700
4.8.9344.0 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5120711
2.0.50727.9183 & 3.0.30729.9169 & 4.8.9343.0 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5120714
2.0.50727.9183 & 3.0.30729.9169 & 4.8.9343.0 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5120709
2.0.50727.9183 & 3.0.30729.9169 & 4.8.9344.0 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5120708
2.0.50727.9183 & 3.0.30729.9169 & 4.8.9343.0 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5120713
2.0.50727.9183 & 3.0.30729.9169 & 4.8.9343.0 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5120710
2.0.50727.9183 & 3.0.30729.9169 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5120747
2.0.50727.8984 & 3.0.30729.8980 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5120695
2.0.50727.8984 & 3.0.30729.8980 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5120716
4.8.4805.0 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5120704
2.0.50727.9183 & 3.0.30729.9169 & 4.8.4805.0 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5120705
Vulnerabilities 1
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High 8.8
.NET Framework Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Incorrect authorization in .NET Framework allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.
Revision history
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#1
Information published.
References
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CVE-2026-62872 .NET Framework Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability - HTML
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-62872
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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