CVE-2025-32707
vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

CVE-2025-32707 is an out-of-bounds read vulnerability affecting Windows NTFS that was disclosed on May 13, 2025. The vulnerability allows an unauthorized attacker to elevate privileges locally on affected Windows systems (NVD, Wiz).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as an out-of-bounds read (CWE-125) in Windows NTFS. Microsoft has assigned it a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.8 (HIGH) with the following vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H. This indicates that the vulnerability requires local access, low attack complexity, no privileges, and user interaction to exploit (NVD).

Impact

If successfully exploited, this vulnerability allows an unauthorized attacker to elevate privileges locally on the affected system, potentially gaining SYSTEM-level access (NVD, Wiz).

Mitigation and workarounds

Microsoft has released security updates to address this vulnerability as part of the May 2025 Patch Tuesday. Users are advised to apply the latest security updates to mitigate this vulnerability (Wiz).

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