CVE-2025-47972: Windows Input Method Editor (IME) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Overview
- Severity
- High (CVSS 8)
- 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
- Category
- Elevation of Privilege
- Exploit Status
- Not Exploited
- Exploitation Likelihood
- Unlikely
- Patch Tuesday
- 2025-Jul
- Released
- 2025-07-08
- EPSS Score
- 0.14% (percentile: 34.1%)
Description
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.
FAQ
According to the CVSS metric, the attack complexity is high (AC:H). What does that mean for this vulnerability?
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability requires an attacker to win a race condition.
According to the CVSS metric, user interaction is required (UI:R) and privileges required is low (PR:L). What does that mean for this vulnerability?
An authorized attacker must send the user a malicious file and convince the user to open it.
What privileges could be gained by an attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability?
An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could elevate from a low integrity level up to a medium integrity level.
According to the CVSS metric, a successful exploitation could lead to a scope change (S:C). What does this mean for this vulnerability?
In this case, successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to perform remote code execution resulting in a Sandbox escape in the imebroker COM (Component Object Model) object.
Affected Products (27)
Windows
- Windows 10 Version 1809 for 32-bit Systems
- Windows 10 Version 1809 for x64-based Systems
- Windows Server 2019
- Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)
- Windows Server 2022
- Windows Server 2022 (Server Core installation)
- Windows 10 Version 21H2 for 32-bit Systems
- Windows 10 Version 21H2 for ARM64-based Systems
- Windows 10 Version 21H2 for x64-based Systems
- Windows Server 2025 (Server Core installation)
- Windows 11 Version 23H2 for ARM64-based Systems
- Windows 11 Version 23H2 for x64-based Systems
- Windows Server 2022, 23H2 Edition (Server Core installation)
- Windows 11 Version 24H2 for ARM64-based Systems
- Windows 11 Version 24H2 for x64-based Systems
- Windows Server 2025
- Windows 10 for 32-bit Systems
- Windows 10 for x64-based Systems
- Windows 10 Version 1607 for 32-bit Systems
- Windows 10 Version 1607 for x64-based Systems
- Windows Server 2016
- Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation)
ESU
- Windows 11 Version 22H2 for ARM64-based Systems
- Windows 11 Version 22H2 for x64-based Systems
- Windows 10 Version 22H2 for x64-based Systems
- Windows 10 Version 22H2 for ARM64-based Systems
- Windows 10 Version 22H2 for 32-bit Systems
Security Updates (8)
Acknowledgments
Pwnforr777
Revision History
- 2025-07-08: Information published.