CVE-2025-49678

Description

Null pointer dereference in Windows NTFS allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

Reserved 2025-06-09 | Published 2025-07-08 | Updated 2025-07-11 | Assigner microsoft

Problem types

CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference

CWE-362: Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

Product status

10.0.17763.0 before 10.0.17763.7558
affected

10.0.17763.0 before 10.0.17763.7558
affected

10.0.17763.0 before 10.0.17763.7558
affected

10.0.20348.0 before 10.0.20348.3932
affected

10.0.19044.0 before 10.0.19044.6093
affected

10.0.22621.0 before 10.0.22621.5624
affected

10.0.19045.0 before 10.0.19045.6093
affected

10.0.26100.0 before 10.0.26100.4652
affected

10.0.22631.0 before 10.0.22631.5624
affected

10.0.22631.0 before 10.0.22631.5624
affected

10.0.25398.0 before 10.0.25398.1732
affected

10.0.26100.0 before 10.0.26100.4652
affected

10.0.26100.0 before 10.0.26100.4652
affected

10.0.10240.0 before 10.0.10240.21073
affected

10.0.14393.0 before 10.0.14393.8246
affected

10.0.14393.0 before 10.0.14393.8246
affected

10.0.14393.0 before 10.0.14393.8246
affected

6.0.6003.0 before 6.0.6003.23418
affected

6.0.6003.0 before 6.0.6003.23418
affected

6.0.6003.0 before 6.0.6003.23418
affected

6.1.7601.0 before 6.1.7601.27820
affected

6.1.7601.0 before 6.1.7601.27820
affected

6.2.9200.0 before 6.2.9200.25573
affected

6.2.9200.0 before 6.2.9200.25573
affected

6.3.9600.0 before 6.3.9600.22676
affected

6.3.9600.0 before 6.3.9600.22676
affected

References

msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-49678 (NTFS Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability) vendor-advisory

cve.org (CVE-2025-49678)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2025-49678)

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