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Windows Common Log File System Driver Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

IdentifiersCVE-2025-62470CWE-122· Heap-based Buffer Overflow

CVE-2025-62470 is a local elevation-of-privilege vulnerability in the Windows Common Log File System (CLFS) Driver. The provided content identifies the flaw as a heap-based buffer overflow in the Windows Common Log File System Driver that allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally. Based on the available information, exploitation occurs in kernel-mode CLFS driver code and results from improper handling of memory on the heap, enabling corruption of adjacent memory structures. Microsoft and third-party reporting describe it as an Important-severity Windows privilege-escalation issue and assess it as more likely to be exploited.

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Impact

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Successful exploitation allows a local authorized attacker to elevate privileges on the affected Windows system. In practical terms, this can enable escalation from a lower-privileged user context to highly privileged execution, potentially including SYSTEM-level control, which would allow full compromise of the host, tampering with security controls, credential access, persistence, and use in post-compromise attack chains.

Mitigation

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If immediate patching is not possible, reduce exposure by limiting local code-execution opportunities and restricting user privileges. Practical mitigations include enforcing least privilege, preventing untrusted code execution through application control, reducing interactive access for untrusted users, monitoring for suspicious local privilege-escalation behavior, and prioritizing detection of exploit chains that combine initial access with local kernel EoP. No specific vendor-provided workaround is present in the supplied content.

Remediation

Patch, then assume compromise.

Apply the Microsoft December 2025 security updates that address CVE-2025-62470 for supported Windows versions. Because this is a Windows kernel/driver privilege-escalation issue, remediation requires installing the relevant cumulative security update from Microsoft for the affected platform. Organizations should prioritize patching because the vulnerability was flagged as more likely to be exploited.
PUBLIC EXPLOITS

Exploits

No valid public exploits. Mallory filtered out 1 candidate as fakes, detection scripts, or README-only repos.

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Affected products & vendors

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VendorProductType
Microsoft CorporationWindows 10 1607operating_system
Microsoft CorporationWindows 10 1809operating_system
Microsoft CorporationWindows 10 21h2operating_system
Microsoft CorporationWindows 10 22h2operating_system
Microsoft CorporationWindows 11 23h2operating_system
Microsoft CorporationWindows 11 24h2operating_system
Microsoft CorporationWindows 11 25h2operating_system
Microsoft CorporationWindows Server 2008operating_system
Microsoft CorporationWindows Server 2008 R2operating_system
Microsoft CorporationWindows Server 2008 Sp2operating_system
Microsoft CorporationWindows Server 2012operating_system
Microsoft CorporationWindows Server 2012 R2operating_system
Microsoft CorporationWindows Server 2016operating_system
Microsoft CorporationWindows Server 2019operating_system
Microsoft CorporationWindows Server 2022operating_system
Microsoft CorporationWindows Server 2022 23h2operating_system
Microsoft CorporationWindows Server 2025operating_system
Microsoft CorporationWindows Server 23h2operating_system

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