Threats / Microsoft / CVE-2025-62215
CVE-2025-62215
· EUVD no mirror located
· GCVE no mirror located
Verified 2026-06-22
Microsoft Windows vulnerability
Microsoft Windows Kernel race condition (CWE-362) allows local attackers with low privileges to escalate to SYSTEM level. Actively exploited in the wild.
Verdict
Today item — known-exploited.
A race condition in the Windows Kernel enables privilege escalation from low-privilege local access to SYSTEM. The vulnerability is being actively exploited. Patch immediately on affected systems.
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Is it exploitable?
— the evidence, ranked above the scoreExploit available
Public proof-of-concept exploit code is cataloged for this vulnerability.We link the existence of the exploit; we do not host or redistribute payloads.
Reported exploitation
7 independent public reports of in-the-wild exploitation are cataloged.Distinct reporting sources (vendor, incident response, government); open them for the underlying claims.
Exploited in the wild
Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2025-11-12).
Probability (EPSS)
EPSS 0.061 — modeled likelihood of exploitation activity.EPSS is a daily-changing model output — open the source for today's value.
Severity / affected
Affected: Microsoft, Windows. Confirm exact fixed builds in the vendor advisory.
Weakness (CWE)
Mapped to CWE-362 Race Condition.CWE assignment from the public NVD record; the weakness class drives how the flaw is exploited.
WeaknessCWE-362 · Race Condition
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Who’s exploiting it?
— attribution turns risk into urgencyAttribution not established
No confirmed (advisory-backed) threat-actor attribution is established for this record. Absence of a named actor is not absence of compromise — see Coverage & confidence.
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Why it matters
— the attack path, told twice: adversary, then board1
Front door — unauthenticated access narrative 1
Attacker
I gain initial local access to a Windows system with standard user privileges.
Business
An attacker establishes a foothold on the endpoint, bypassing perimeter controls.
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Keys to the kingdom — privilege/identity takeover narrative 2
Attacker
I identify and trigger a race condition in the Windows Kernel to escalate my privileges to SYSTEM level.
Business
The attacker gains unrestricted control of the compromised system, enabling lateral movement and persistence.
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Lateral reach — past segmentation narrative 3
Attacker
With SYSTEM access, I can install malware, modify system files, and maintain persistent backdoor access.
Business
Critical infrastructure and sensitive data become vulnerable to theft, manipulation, or destruction.
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What to do
— defensible action- Remediate per the vendor advisory — confirm the fixed build for your version and verify exposure.1
Say it to the boardA vulnerability with this evidence profile is a defensible budget line, not a backlog ticket — fund the change against the proof above.
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