HIGH

CVE-2025-30400

Microsoft Windows 10 1809 2025-05-13 CVSS v3.1

CVSS

7.8

KEV

Description

Use after free in Windows DWM allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

Summary dbcve.org

A use-after-free vulnerability in the Windows Desktop Window Manager (DWM) enables a locally authenticated attacker to elevate privileges to SYSTEM level by exploiting improper memory handling in the DWM process.

Mitigation

Apply the Microsoft security update for CVE-2025-30400 once released; until then, limit local user privileges and monitor for suspicious DWM process behavior.

Weakness (CWE)

CWE-416 Use After Free

EPSS Score

1.9%

Probability of exploitation in next 30 days

78.8th percentile

References

https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-30400 Vendor Advisory https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-30400 US Government Resource

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