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CVE-2025-32716:
vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
CVE-2025-32716 is a Windows Media Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability that was disclosed on June 10, 2025. The vulnerability is characterized as an out-of-bounds read in Windows Media that allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally (NVD, Wiz).
Technical details
The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.8 (HIGH) with the vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H. This indicates that the vulnerability requires local access, low attack complexity, low privileges, and no user interaction to exploit. The vulnerability is classified as CWE-125 (Out-of-bounds Read) (NVD, Wiz).
Impact
If successfully exploited, this vulnerability allows an authorized attacker to elevate their privileges on the affected system. The high CVSS score indicates significant potential impact on system confidentiality, integrity, and availability (Wiz).
Mitigation and workarounds
Microsoft has released a security update to address this vulnerability as part of the June 2025 Patch Tuesday updates. Organizations and users are advised to apply the security update as soon as possible to mitigate the risk (Fortra).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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