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CVE-2025-26648:
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Overview
A Windows Kernel vulnerability identified as CVE-2025-26648 was disclosed on April 8, 2025. The vulnerability involves sensitive data storage in improperly locked memory in the Windows Kernel system. This security flaw affects Windows Kernel components and was reported by Microsoft Corporation (Microsoft MSRC, NVD).
Technical details
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. Microsoft has categorized this vulnerability under two CWE categories: CWE-416 (Use After Free) and CWE-591 (Sensitive Data Storage in Improperly Locked Memory) (NVD).
Impact
The vulnerability allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally on affected Windows systems. This could potentially lead to unauthorized access to sensitive data stored in memory and escalation of privileges (CVE Mitre).
Exploitability
The vulnerability requires local access and low attack complexity to exploit. An attacker needs to have prior low-level privileges and no user interaction is required for exploitation, as indicated by the CVSS vector (NVD).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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