CVE-2025-50153: 
vulnerability analysis and mitigation

CVE-2025-50153 is a Use-After-Free vulnerability discovered in the Desktop Windows Manager component. The vulnerability was disclosed on August 12, 2025, affecting multiple versions of Microsoft Windows operating systems. This security flaw allows an authorized attacker with local access to elevate privileges on affected systems (NVD).

The vulnerability is classified as CWE-416 (Use After Free) with a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.8 (HIGH). The vulnerability's attack vector is Local (AV:L), with Low attack complexity (AC:L), requiring Low privileges (PR:L), and No user interaction (UI:N). The scope is Unchanged (S:U), with High impact on Confidentiality (C:H), Integrity (I:H), and Availability (A:H) (NVD).

The vulnerability affects multiple Microsoft Windows versions including Windows 10 (versions 1507, 1607, 1809, 21H2, 22H2), Windows 11 (versions 22H2, 23H2), and Windows Server versions (2008 R2 SP1, 2012, 2012 R2, 2016, 2019, 2022). If successfully exploited, this vulnerability allows an attacker to gain elevated privileges on the affected system (NVD).

Microsoft has identified specific version numbers for affected systems that require updates: Windows 10 1507 up to version 10.0.10240.21100, Windows 10 1607 up to version 10.0.14393.8330, Windows 10 1809 up to version 10.0.17763.7678, Windows Server 2016 up to version 10.0.14393.8330, Windows Server 2019 up to version 10.0.17763.7678, and Windows Server 2022 up to version 10.0.20348.3989 (NVD).