CVE-2025-24062
Published: 08 April 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-24062 is a high-severity Improper Input Validation (CWE-20) vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 11 22H2. Its CVSS base score is 7.8 (High).
Operationally, ranked in the top 24.8% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis
CVE-2025-24062 is an improper input validation flaw, tracked under CWE-20, that affects the Windows DWM Core Library. The vulnerability carries a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.8 and permits an authorized attacker to elevate privileges on the local system, with high impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
An attacker who already possesses a local account with limited privileges can exploit the flaw without user interaction to obtain higher rights on the affected Windows host. The attack vector is local only and does not require network access or special UI conditions.
Microsoft’s advisory for CVE-2025-24062, published on 8 April 2025, directs administrators to apply the security updates referenced in the Microsoft Security Response Center article. The current EPSS score of 0.0084, with a recorded peak of 0.0127, remains low and shows no material increase that would indicate emerging exploitation interest.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-10239
Vulnerability details
Improper input validation in Windows DWM Core Library allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Security testing and developer training directly verify and enforce proper input validation, reducing exploitability of injection and malformed-data weaknesses.
Security testing and evaluation at multiple SDLC stages directly detects missing or flawed input validation, with the required remediation process ensuring fixes are applied.
Directly implements checks on information inputs to reject invalid data before processing.
Spam protection mechanisms perform filtering and detection on inbound/outbound messages, directly compensating for missing or weak input validation of unsolicited content.