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CVE-2025-53140:
vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
CVE-2025-53140 is a use-after-free vulnerability discovered in Microsoft's Kernel Transaction Manager. The vulnerability was initially disclosed on August 12, 2025, and was last modified on August 18, 2025. This security flaw affects multiple versions of Microsoft Windows operating systems, including Windows 10, Windows 11, and various Windows Server editions (NVD).
Technical details
The vulnerability is classified as CWE-416 (Use After Free) and has received 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 to elevate privileges locally on affected systems. This means successful exploitation could lead to an attacker gaining higher levels of system access than initially granted (NVD).
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