CVE-2025-47972 HIGH

CVE-2025-47972: Windows Input Method Editor (IME) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Vendor Microsoft
Product Windows 10 Version 1507
Weakness CWE-362
Published July 8, 2025
Last update February 13, 2026
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CVSS base score

8.0/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity High
Privileges required Low
User interaction Required
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Concurrent execution using shared resource with improper synchronization ('race condition') in Microsoft Input Method Editor (IME) allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

July 8, 2025 CVE published
February 13, 2026 Record updated