CVE-2025-27475
vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

A vulnerability identified as CVE-2025-27475 was discovered in the Windows Update Stack. The vulnerability involves sensitive data storage in improperly locked memory, which was disclosed on April 8, 2025. This security flaw affects Windows systems and was reported by Microsoft Corporation (NVD, CVE Mitre).

Technical details

The vulnerability has been assigned CWE-591 (Sensitive Data Storage in Improperly Locked Memory) classification. Microsoft has assessed the severity with a CVSS v3.1 Base Score of 7.0 (HIGH) with the following vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H. This indicates that the vulnerability requires local access, has high attack complexity, requires low privileges, needs no user interaction, and has high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability (NVD).

Impact

The vulnerability allows an authorized attacker with local access to elevate privileges on affected Windows systems. This could potentially lead to complete system compromise due to the high impact ratings for confidentiality, integrity, and availability (NVD).

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