CVE-2025-60710
Improper link resolution before file access ('link following') in Host Process for Windows Tasks allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
Scoring
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS base score
- 7.8
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
- EPSS probability
- 4.60%
- CISA KEV
- Known exploited vulnerability
- CWE
- CWE-59
- Published
- 2025-11-11
- Last modified
- 2026-08-15
Affected products
- Microsoft Windows 11 Version 24H2
- Microsoft Windows 11 Version 25H2
- Microsoft Windows Server 2025
- Microsoft Windows Server 2025 (Server Core installation)
Weakness type
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