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Publication date: 2025-11-11

Last updated on: 2025-11-17

Assigner: Microsoft Corporation

Description

Untrusted search path in Windows Administrator Protection allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

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Meta Information

Published

2025-11-11

Last Modified

2025-11-17

Generated

2026-07-06

AI Q&A

2025-11-11

EPSS Evaluated

2026-07-05

NVD

CVE-2025-60718

Affected Vendors & Products

Vendor	Product	Version / Range
microsoft	windows_11_24h2	to 10.0.26100.7092 (exc)
microsoft	windows_11_25h2	to 10.0.26200.7092 (exc)

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Exploitability

CWE

KEV

CWE ID	Description
CWE-426	The product searches for critical resources using an externally-supplied search path that can point to resources that are not under the product's direct control.

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Executive Summary

This vulnerability is an untrusted search path issue in Windows Administrator Protection that allows an authorized local attacker to elevate their privileges.

Impact Analysis

An attacker with local authorized access could exploit this vulnerability to gain higher privileges, potentially leading to full control over the affected system.

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