CVE-2025-24059: 
vulnerability analysis and mitigation

CVE-2025-24059 is a vulnerability in the Windows Common Log File System Driver that was disclosed on March 11, 2025. The vulnerability allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally through incorrect conversion between numeric types (NVD). This affects multiple versions of Windows including Windows 10, Windows 11, and Windows Server variants (AttackerKB).

The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.8 (High), with the following vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H. This indicates a local attack vector, low attack complexity, low privileges required, no user interaction needed, and high impacts to confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The vulnerability is classified under CWE-125 (Out-of-bounds Read) and CWE-681 (Incorrect Conversion between Numeric Types) (NVD).

If exploited, this vulnerability allows an authorized attacker with local access to elevate their privileges on the affected system. The high CVSS impact scores for confidentiality, integrity, and availability (C:H/I:H/A:H) indicate that successful exploitation could result in complete compromise of the system's security (NVD).

Microsoft has released security updates to address this vulnerability across multiple affected Windows versions. Updates are available through various KB articles including KB5053594, KB5053596, KB5053598, KB5053599, KB5053602, KB5053603, KB5053606, and others (Rapid7).