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Publication date: 2025-11-11

Last updated on: 2025-11-17

Assigner: Microsoft Corporation

Description

Privilege context switching error in Windows Administrator Protection allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

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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-2025-60721

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-270	The product does not properly manage privileges while it is switching between different contexts that have different privileges or spheres of control.

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Executive Summary

This vulnerability is a privilege context switching error in Windows Administrator Protection that allows an authorized attacker to locally elevate their privileges.

Impact Analysis

An attacker who already has some level of authorization on the affected Windows system can exploit this vulnerability to gain higher privileges, potentially leading to full control over the system and the ability to compromise confidentiality, integrity, and availability of data and services.

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