CVE-2025-62572: Application Information Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Overview

Severity

High (CVSS 7.8)

CVSS Vector

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

Category

Elevation of Privilege

Exploit Status

Not Exploited

Exploitation Likelihood

Less Likely

Patch Tuesday

2025-Dec

Released

2025-12-09

EPSS Score

0.11% (percentile: 28.7%)

Description

Out-of-bounds read in Application Information Services allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

FAQ

What privileges could be gained by an attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability? A successful exploitation of this vulnerability causes a privilege escalation from Medium to NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM.

Affected Products (6)

Windows

• Windows Server 2025 (Server Core installation)
• Windows 11 Version 25H2 for ARM64-based Systems
• Windows 11 Version 25H2 for x64-based Systems
• Windows 11 Version 24H2 for ARM64-based Systems
• Windows 11 Version 24H2 for x64-based Systems
• Windows Server 2025

Security Updates (2)

• 5072033
• 5072014

Acknowledgments

Pwnforr777

Revision History

• 2025-12-09: Information published.