PT-2025-46479 · Microsoft · Windows

Published 2025-11-11 · Updated 2025-12-18 · CVE-2025-60718

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 issue exists in Windows Administrator Protection related to an untrusted search path. This allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally. Approximately 1 billion devices worldwide are estimated to be affected. The issue involves the way Windows handles search paths, potentially allowing malicious code to be executed with elevated privileges.

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

Untrusted Search Path

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-426

Related Identifiers

BDU:2025-14074

CVE-2025-60718

Affected Products

Windows

References · 10

• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2025-14074 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2025-60718 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-60718 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-60718 · Security Note
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-60718 · Vendor Advisory
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/advisory/CVE-2025-60718 · Vendor Advisory
• https://twitter.com/ksg93rd/status/1993685766510190931 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1988349007278608781 · Twitter Post
• https://borncity.com/blog/2025/12/17/windows-11-24h2-25h2-administrator-protection-schwachstelle-cve-2025-60718-ungefixt · Reddit Post
• https://t.me/pentestingnews/71321 · Telegram Post