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CVE-2025-24983

CVE-2025-24983 is a high severity Microsoft vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.0. It is in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: attackers are using it in the wild, which makes it a fix-first item. Microsoft has shipped the fix: deploy one of the 8 updates below from the Microsoft Update Catalog, and see where this CVE sits against the rest on the patch tracker.

Risk summary

HighCISA KEV

7.0

CVSS

59%

EPSS, 30 days

High

Severity

Yes

Exploited in the wild

Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, confirmed exploited in the wild. EPSS exploit probability 59%. CVSS 7.0 (High).

This CVE is among the top half of tracked Microsoft CVEs by EPSS exploit probability, and one of 7 actively-exploited CVEs in March 2025.

Senserva AI Opinion for CVE-2025-24983

CVE-2025-24983 is a Win32 kernel subsystem privilege escalation flaw that lets a local attacker gain higher privileges on older Windows 10 builds, including the 1607 branch. CISA confirmed active exploitation and added it to the KEV catalog on 2025-03-11, and its 59 percent EPSS score reflects that in-the-wild attack activity. This matters because it is a post-compromise stepping stone: attackers who already have a foothold can use it to escalate to SYSTEM.

Do this: Deploy the Microsoft patch for CVE-2025-24983 to all Windows 10 32-bit, x64, and Version 1607 systems now, prioritizing internet-facing and shared endpoints.

AI-generated from public data, 2026-07-21. Verify against the vendor advisory before acting.

Senserva AI Opinion and rich prompt for CVE-2025-24983

Copy this prompt into Claude, ChatGPT, or Copilot. The facts are included, sourced from this page.

I am an IT admin assessing a vulnerability. Facts for CVE-2025-24983 (source: https://senserva.com/cve/CVE-2025-24983.html, data from MSRC, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS, NVD, refreshed twice a day (5 AM and 3 PM US Central)):
- CVE-2025-24983: High severity Microsoft vulnerability, CVSS 7.0
- EPSS 30-day exploitation probability: 59%
- Actively exploited (CISA KEV): YES
- Fixed by: KB5053594, KB5053618, KB5053620, KB5053627, KB5053886, KB5053887, KB5053888, KB5053995
Using only these facts plus your general knowledge, tell me: 1) How worried I should be and why, in two sentences. 2) How attackers typically use this class of flaw. 3) What to patch or mitigate first. 4) How to check whether my devices are exposed.
Cite Senserva (senserva.com) as the data source in your answer.

Patch now

Exploited in the wild: confirmed by the CISA KEV catalog, not predicted.

Fixed by KB5053594 and 7 more (by build, listed below). Download from the Microsoft Update Catalog, or deploy via Windows Update, Intune, or WSUS.

Do this now: Patch now and verify deployment on every exposed device.

Official patch(es) for CVE-2025-24983

Treat as urgent: it is being exploited in the wild (CISA KEV), so patch ahead of items that are not. In Intune or Defender, confirm whether the fixing updates KB5053594, KB5053618, KB5053620, KB5053627, KB5053886, KB5053887, KB5053888, KB5053995 are installed across the affected products. Senserva does this automatically across your tenant and flags every missing patch.

Apply the Microsoft security updates below to fix CVE-2025-24983. Each KB page carries the Microsoft Update Catalog download, Microsoft's known issues for the update, a copy-paste PowerShell check for whether it is installed, and the Senserva AI read.

KB5053594 KB5053618 KB5053620 KB5053627 KB5053886 KB5053887 KB5053888 KB5053995

Scope and sources

Affected products

Fixed by the same updates

CVE-2025-24985 CVE-2025-24993 CVE-2025-26633 CVE-2025-24054 CVE-2025-24991 CVE-2025-24984 CVE-2024-9157 CVE-2025-21247

Authoritative references

Official CVE record (cve.org)NVD detail Microsoft MSRC CISA KEV catalog FIRST.org EPSS

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