Cyber Posture

CVE-2025-21234

High

Published: 14 January 2025

Published
14 January 2025
Modified
24 January 2025
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0045 63.8th percentile
Risk Priority 16 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Description

Windows PrintWorkflowUserSvc Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Security Summary

CVE-2025-21234 is an Elevation of Privilege vulnerability in the Windows PrintWorkflowUserSvc component. Published on 2025-01-14, it has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.8 (AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H) and is associated with CWE-20 (Improper Input Validation) along with NVD-CWE-noinfo.

A local attacker with low privileges can exploit this vulnerability with low attack complexity and no user interaction required. Successful exploitation enables high-impact confidentiality, integrity, and availability consequences, allowing privilege escalation on affected Windows systems.

Microsoft's Security Response Center provides update guidance and mitigation details in its advisory at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-21234.

Details

CWE(s)
CWE-20NVD-CWE-noinfo

Affected Products

microsoft
windows 10 21h2
≤ 10.0.19044.5371
microsoft
windows 10 22h2
≤ 10.0.19045.5371
microsoft
windows 11 22h2
≤ 10.0.22621.4751
microsoft
windows 11 23h2
≤ 10.0.22631.4751
microsoft
windows 11 24h2
≤ 10.0.26100.2894
microsoft
windows server 2022
≤ 10.0.20348.3091
microsoft
windows server 2022 23h2
≤ 10.0.25398.1369
microsoft
windows server 2025
≤ 10.0.26100.2894

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