CVE-2025-32714
vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

CVE-2025-32714 is a Windows Installer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability that was disclosed on June 10, 2025. The vulnerability affects Windows systems and stems from improper access control in Windows Installer (NVD, Wiz).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as an improper access control issue (CWE-284) affecting the Windows Installer component. It has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.8 (HIGH) with a vector string of CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H. This indicates local access, low attack complexity, low privileges required, no user interaction needed, and high impacts to confidentiality, integrity, and availability (NVD, Wiz).

Impact

If successfully exploited, this vulnerability allows an authorized attacker with low privileges to elevate their privileges to SYSTEM level on affected Windows systems. This could potentially give attackers full control over the compromised system (Wiz).

Mitigation and workarounds

Microsoft has released a security update to address this vulnerability as part of the June 2025 Patch Tuesday updates. Users are advised to apply the latest security updates to their Windows systems (Wiz).

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