PT-2025-28519 · Microsoft · Windows

Chen Le Qi + 1 · Published 2025-07-08 · Updated 2026-05-27 · CVE-2025-47985

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Windows (affected versions not specified)

Description An elevation-of-privilege issue exists in Windows Event Tracing due to the dereferencing of untrusted pointers. This allows an authorized attacker to elevate their privileges locally on the system.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

LPE

Untrusted Pointer Dereference

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-822

Related Identifiers

BDU:2025-08301

CVE-2025-47985

Affected Products

Windows

References · 13

• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2025-47985 · Security Note
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/advisory/CVE-2025-47985 · Vendor Advisory
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-47985 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-47985 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2025-08301 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-47985 · Security Note
• https://twitter.com/cplearns2h4ck/status/2045870001551532120 · Twitter Post
• https://reddit.com/r/CVEWatch/comments/1tp11qx/top_10_trending_cves_27052026 · Reddit Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1942958485743763704 · Twitter Post
• https://reddit.com/r/CVEWatch/comments/1ssh1lp/top_10_trending_cves_22042026 · Reddit Post
• https://twitter.com/CyberWarship/status/2058905938254336197 · Twitter Post
• https://reddit.com/r/CVEWatch/comments/1srj7n6/top_10_trending_cves_21042026 · Reddit Post
• https://reddit.com/r/CVEWatch/comments/1sqkwog/top_10_trending_cves_20042026 · Reddit Post