CVE-2025-29824 KEV
7.8
HIGH · CVSS 3.1 · EPSS 13.9% (pctl 96)
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On CISA KEV — known exploited in the wild, due 2025-04-29.
Description
Use after free in Windows Common Log File System Driver allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
Scoring
| CVSS | 7.8 (HIGH, v3.1) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 13.9% — more likely to be exploited than 96% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-416 |
| On CISA KEV | yes — remediate by 2025-04-29 |
| Public exploit | none known |
| Published | 2025-04-08 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
CISA KEV
| Name | Microsoft Windows Common Log File System (CLFS) Driver Use-After-Free Vulnerability |
|---|---|
| Added | 2025-04-08 |
| Due | 2025-04-29 |
| Vendor / product | Microsoft / Windows |
| Ransomware use | known |
Affected (15)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| microsoft | windows 10 1507 |
| microsoft | windows 10 1607 |
| microsoft | windows 10 1809 |
| microsoft | windows 10 21h2 |
| microsoft | windows 10 22h2 |
| microsoft | windows 11 22h2 |
| microsoft | windows 11 23h2 |
| microsoft | windows 11 24h2 |
| microsoft | windows server 2008 |
| microsoft | windows server 2012 |
| microsoft | windows server 2016 |
| microsoft | windows server 2019 |
| microsoft | windows server 2022 |
| microsoft | windows server 2022 23h2 |
| microsoft | windows server 2025 |
References
- https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-29824
- https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2025-29824-windows-common-log-file-system-driver-elevation-of-privilege-vulnerability-detection-script
- https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2025-29824-windows-common-log-file-system-driver-elevation-of-privilege-vulnerability-mitigation-script
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-29824
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