CVE-2025-59289
vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

The Windows Bluetooth Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability (CVE-2025-59289) is a security flaw that was addressed in Microsoft's October 2025 Patch Tuesday release. This vulnerability is classified as 'Important' in severity and affects the Windows Bluetooth Service component (GBHackers).

Technical details

The vulnerability is categorized as an Elevation of Privilege (EoP) issue affecting the Windows Bluetooth Service. It was part of Microsoft's October 2025 security update which addressed a total of 172 vulnerabilities, including 80 Elevation of Privilege vulnerabilities (GBHackers, BleepingComputer).

Impact

If successfully exploited, this vulnerability could allow an attacker to gain elevated privileges within the Windows system through the Bluetooth Service component (GBHackers).

Mitigation and workarounds

Microsoft has released a security patch for this vulnerability as part of the October 2025 Patch Tuesday updates. Users and system administrators are advised to apply the security updates to affected systems to mitigate this vulnerability (GBHackers).

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