Cyber Posture

CVE-2025-21419

High

Published: 11 February 2025

Published
11 February 2025
Modified
14 February 2025
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score 7.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0023 45.6th percentile
Risk Priority 14 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Description

Windows Setup Files Cleanup Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Security Summary

CVE-2025-21419 is a Windows Setup Files Cleanup Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability affecting the Windows operating system. Published on 2025-02-11, it carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.1 (AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H) and is associated with CWE-59 (Improper Link Resolution Before File Access) and NVD-CWE-noinfo.

A local attacker with low privileges can exploit this vulnerability through low-complexity means without requiring user interaction. Successful exploitation enables privilege escalation, leading to high impacts on system integrity and availability, though confidentiality remains unaffected.

Microsoft's Security Update Guide provides details on mitigation and patching for this vulnerability at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-21419.

Details

CWE(s)
CWE-59NVD-CWE-noinfo

Affected Products

microsoft
windows 10 1507
≤ 10.0.10240.20915 · ≤ 10.0.10240.20915
microsoft
windows 10 1607
≤ 10.0.14393.7785 · ≤ 10.0.14393.7785
microsoft
windows 10 1809
≤ 10.0.17763.6893 · ≤ 10.0.17763.6893
microsoft
windows 10 21h2
≤ 10.0.19044.5487
microsoft
windows 10 22h2
≤ 10.0.19045.5487
microsoft
windows 11 22h2
≤ 10.0.22621.4890
microsoft
windows 11 23h2
≤ 10.0.22631.4890
microsoft
windows 11 24h2
≤ 10.0.26100.3194
microsoft
windows server 2008
r2
microsoft
windows server 2012
all versions, r2
+5 more product configuration(s) — see NVD for full list

References