CVE-2025-25004
PowerShell Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
HIGH
7.3
CVSS Score
Published: October 14, 2025 at 05:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 08:59 AM UTC
18 products affected across 1 vendorWindows Server 2016Windows Server 2019Windows Server 2012
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Severity
HIGH7.3
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.5%
SSVC
No known exploit
Description
Improper access control in Microsoft PowerShell allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Affected range stops below 7.4.13, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 7.5.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 10.0.10240.21161, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 10.0.14393.8519, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 10.0.17763.7919, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 10.0.19044.6456, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 10.0.19045.6456, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 10.0.22621.6060, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 10.0.22631.6060, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 10.0.26100.6899, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 10.0.26200.6899, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (1)
Vendor AdvisoryPatch
Source: cverecord
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-25004SSVC — Action Prioritization
SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact
SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.
CVSS
7.3HIGHmicrosoft
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-284NVD-CWE-noinfo
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