PT-2025-42038 · Microsoft · Windows

Published 2025-10-14 · Updated 2025-10-30 · CVE-2025-55688

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.0

High

Base vector

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

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

Description A use-after-free condition exists in Windows PrintWorkflowUserSvc. This allows a locally authorized attacker to gain elevated privileges.

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

Use After Free

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-416

Related Identifiers

BDU:2025-14050

CVE-2025-55688

Affected Products

Windows

References · 8

• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-55688 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-55688 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-55688 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2025-55688 · Security Note
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/advisory/CVE-2025-55688 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2025-14050 · Security Note
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1978171217841697227 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cveNotify/141059 · Telegram Post