{"id":39181,"date":"2025-11-12T16:07:22","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T21:07:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/uit\/?p=39181"},"modified":"2025-11-12T16:13:15","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T21:13:15","slug":"microsoft-windows-kernel-vulnerability-cve-2025-62215","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/uit\/2025\/11\/microsoft-windows-kernel-vulnerability-cve-2025-62215\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft Windows Kernel Vulnerability (CVE-2025-62215)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Service <\/span> <\/b>Advisory <\/span><\/b><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n


<\/span>Microsoft has released a security update to address a zero-day vulnerability in the Windows Kernel (CVE-2025-62215) that could allow attackers to escalate privileges to System level.
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Severity level<\/span><\/b>:
<\/span><\/b>CVSS Score: 7.0 \/High.

Description<\/b>:
Windows Kernel is the core component of the Windows operating system responsible for managing system resources and hardware interactions. CVE-2025-62215 is a race condition vulnerability caused by improper synchronization when multiple threads access shared kernel resources concurrently. An attacker with local access can exploit this flaw by running a specially crafted application that triggers the race condition, potentially leading to memory corruption and privilege escalation.
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Affected Versions<\/b><\/span>:
<\/span><\/b>Windows 10.
Windows 11.
Windows Server 2019 through Windows server 2025.

Impact:
<\/b>Successful exploitation allows attackers to escalate privileges to SYSTEM level, giving full control over the affected machine.
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Resolution:
<\/span><\/b>Microsoft has released patches to address this vulnerability. the latest patched versions of Windows Server as provided by Microsoft. If immediate patching is not feasible:<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

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    Service Advisory  Microsoft has released a security update to address a zero-day vulnerability in the Windows Kernel (CVE-2025-62215) that could allow attackers to escalate privileges to System level. Severity level: CVSS Score: 7.0 \/High. Description: Windows Kernel is the core component of the Windows operating system responsible for managing system resources and hardware […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":212,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39181","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":29,"label":"News"}]},"featured_image_src_large":false,"author_info":{"display_name":"aalaily","author_link":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/uit\/author\/aalaily\/"},"comment_info":"","category_info":[{"term_id":29,"name":"News","slug":"news","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":3,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":486,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":29,"category_count":486,"category_description":"","cat_name":"News","category_nicename":"news","category_parent":0}],"tag_info":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/uit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39181","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/uit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/uit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/uit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/212"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/uit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39181"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/uit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39181\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/uit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39181"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/uit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39181"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/uit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}