CVE tracker / CVE-2025-49685
CVE-2025-49685
CVE-2025-49685 is the Windows Search Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability. Microsoft rates it Important, CVSS 7.0. It is not in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Published July 8, 2025.
Risk summary
HighElevation of Privilege
7.0
CVSS v3 base
0.4%
EPSS: chance of exploitation in 30 days
High
Severity
Important
Microsoft's rating
Less Likely
Microsoft: exploitation
No
In CISA KEV
Microsoft describes it: “Use after free in Microsoft Windows Search Component allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.”
How to fix it
Microsoft lists 17 affected products and the update that fixes each:
- KB5062552 · fixed build 10.0.22631.5624, 10.0.22621.5624
Windows 11 Version 23H2 for x64-based Systems, Windows 11 Version 23H2 for ARM64-based Systems, Windows 11 Version 22H2 for x64-based Systems, Windows 11 Version 22H2 for ARM64-based Systems - KB5062554 · fixed build 10.0.19045.6093, 10.0.19044.6093
Windows 10 Version 22H2 for 32-bit Systems, Windows 10 Version 22H2 for ARM64-based Systems, Windows 10 Version 22H2 for x64-based Systems, Windows 10 Version 21H2 for x64-based Systems, Windows 10 Version 21H2 for ARM64-based Systems, and 1 more - KB5062557 · fixed build 10.0.17763.7558
Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation), Windows Server 2019, Windows 10 Version 1809 for x64-based Systems, Windows 10 Version 1809 for 32-bit Systems - KB5062570 · fixed build 10.0.25398.1732
Windows Server 2022, 23H2 Edition (Server Core installation) - KB5062572 · fixed build 10.0.20348.3932
Windows Server 2022 (Server Core installation), Windows Server 2022
What Microsoft changed
- July 8, 2025: Information published.
Details
- Weakness
- CWE-416: Use After Free
- Publicly disclosed (Microsoft)
- No
- Exploited (Microsoft)
- No
- Known exploited (CISA KEV)
- Not listed
- Published
- July 8, 2025
- Last revised
- July 8, 2025
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References
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