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.
Product
Windows
Added to KEV
12 Nov 2025
Federal remediation due
3 Dec 2025
Known ransomware use
Not reported
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CVE-2025-62215
Listed in CISA KEV · added 12 Nov 2025 · Microsoft · Windows
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.
Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Concurrent execution using shared resource with improper synchronization ('race condition') in Windows Kernel allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
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