CVE-2025-62215: Microsoft Windows Race Condition Vulnerability
Actively exploited. At least one CVE in this advisory is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog — exploitation has been observed in the wild. Treat remediation as urgent.
Microsoft Windows Kernel contains a race condition vulnerability that allows a local attacker with low-level privileges to escalate privileges. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could enable the attacker to gain SYSTEM-level access.
CSIRTS triage
- What
- A race condition vulnerability allows a local attacker with low-level privileges to escalate privileges to SYSTEM-level access.
- Who is affected
- Local users with low-level privileges on Microsoft Windows are affected.
- Urgency
- Immediate action is required due to the critical nature of the vulnerability and its exploitation status.
- Action
- Apply the latest security updates from Microsoft.
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Details
Original advisory: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-62215
Exploitation outlook
EPSS (FIRST.org) estimates each CVE’s probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — here is the CSIRTS.com read on those numbers.
- Exploitation confirmedCVE-2025-62215Already exploited in the wild (CISA KEV) — the prediction phase is over. Patch now. Riskier than 93% of all scored CVEs.
Referenced CVEs
| CVE | CSIRTS overview | External |
|---|---|---|
| CVE-2025-62215 | coverage & exploitation status | NVD · CVE.org |
Recent advisories for Microsoft Windows Race
A cluster of recent advisories against the same product widens the attack surface — attackers routinely chain freshly published CVEs on one product, so review these together.
- criticalexploitedCVE-2024-30088: Microsoft Windows Kernel TOCTOU Race Condition Vulnerabilitycisa-kev · 2024-10-15
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