AI description
CVE-2025-50167 is an elevation-of-privilege vulnerability affecting Windows Hyper-V. An attacker with low privileges can exploit this vulnerability to gain system-level access. Successful exploitation of CVE-2025-50167 could allow an attacker to gain SYSTEM privileges. This vulnerability affects Windows Server and desktop systems.
- Description
- Concurrent execution using shared resource with improper synchronization ('race condition') in Windows Hyper-V allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
- Source
- secure@microsoft.com
- NVD status
- Analyzed
- Products
- windows_10_1507, windows_10_1607, windows_10_1809, windows_10_21h2, windows_10_22h2, windows_11_22h2, windows_11_23h2, windows_11_24h2, windows_server_2012, windows_server_2016, windows_server_2019, windows_server_2022, windows_server_2022_23h2, windows_server_2025
CVSS 3.1
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 7
- Impact score
- 5.9
- Exploitability score
- 1
- Vector string
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Severity
- HIGH
- secure@microsoft.com
- CWE-362
- Hype score
- Not currently trending
[ZDI-25-838|CVE-2025-50167] (Pwn2Own) Microsoft Windows 11 vhdmp Use-After-Free Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (CVSS 8.8; Credit: Chen Le Qi of STAR Labs SG Pte. Ltd.) https://t.co/HqXWeDlISu
@TheZDIBugs
14 Aug 2025
793 Impressions
0 Retweets
9 Likes
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Some of my bugs are patched in this month's patch tuesday, including the ones I used for Pwn2Own Berlin 2025. CVE-2025-50167 Race UAF in Hyper-V https://t.co/whwXrT7FMs
@cplearns2h4ck
13 Aug 2025
17270 Impressions
31 Retweets
337 Likes
73 Bookmarks
8 Replies
1 Quote
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