CVE-2025-55696
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Vulnerability report for CVE-2025-55696, including description, CVSS score, EPSS score, affected products, exploitability, helpful resources, and attack-flow context.

Publication date: 2025-10-14

Last updated on: 2025-10-30

Assigner: Microsoft Corporation

Description

Time-of-check time-of-use (toctou) race condition in NtQueryInformation Token function (ntifs.h) allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

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Published
2025-10-14
Last Modified
2025-10-30
Generated
2026-07-07
AI Q&A
2025-10-14
EPSS Evaluated
2026-07-05
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Affected Vendors & Products

Showing 12 associated CPEs
Vendor Product Version / Range
microsoft windows_10_1809 to 10.0.17763.7919 (exc)
microsoft windows_10_1809 to 10.0.17763.7919 (exc)
microsoft windows_10_21h2 to 10.0.19044.6456 (exc)
microsoft windows_10_22h2 to 10.0.19045.6456 (exc)
microsoft windows_11_22h2 to 10.0.22621.6060 (exc)
microsoft windows_11_23h2 to 10.0.22631.6060 (inc)
microsoft windows_11_24h2 to 10.0.26100.6899 (exc)
microsoft windows_11_25h2 to 10.0.26200.6899 (exc)
microsoft windows_server_2019 to 10.0.17763.7919 (exc)
microsoft windows_server_2022 to 10.0.20348.4294 (exc)
microsoft windows_server_2022_23h2 to 10.0.25398.1913 (exc)
microsoft windows_server_2025 to 10.0.26100.6899 (inc)

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CWE ID Description
CWE-822 The product obtains a value from an untrusted source, converts this value to a pointer, and dereferences the resulting pointer.
CWE-367 The product checks the state of a resource before using that resource, but the resource's state can change between the check and the use in a way that invalidates the results of the check.

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Executive Summary

This vulnerability is a time-of-check time-of-use (TOCTOU) race condition in the NtQueryInformation Token function (ntifs.h) that allows an authorized attacker to locally elevate their privileges.

Impact Analysis

An attacker who is already authorized on the system can exploit this vulnerability to gain higher privileges than intended, potentially allowing them to perform unauthorized actions or access sensitive information.

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