CVE-2025-64658 HIGH

CVE-2025-64658: Windows File Explorer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Vendor Microsoft
Product Windows 10 Version 1809
Weakness CWE-362
Published December 9, 2025
Last update April 16, 2026

CVSS base score

7.5/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity High
Privileges required Low
User interaction Required
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/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 Windows Shell allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

December 9, 2025 CVE published
April 16, 2026 Record updated