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CVE-2025-60709

CVE-2025-60709 is a high severity Microsoft vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.8. Microsoft has shipped the fix: deploy one of the 15 updates below from the Microsoft Update Catalog, and see where this CVE sits against the rest on the patch tracker.

Risk summary

High

7.8

CVSS

6.0%

EPSS, 30 days

High

Severity

Not in the CISA KEV catalog. EPSS exploit probability 6.0%. CVSS 7.8 (High).

This CVE is among the lower half of tracked Microsoft CVEs by EPSS exploit probability.

Senserva AI Opinion for CVE-2025-60709

CLFS again, and this time rated Critical at CVSS 9.8 with a footprint that reaches Windows 11 25H2 as well as Windows 10 1809. The Common Log File System driver is the same component ransomware crews have exploited repeatedly in prior incidents, so a fresh Critical flaw there deserves better than routine handling despite the 6 percent EPSS and empty KEV status.

Do this: Deploy this fix to servers and Windows 11 25H2 endpoints this week, ahead of the normal patch cadence.

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

Senserva AI Opinion and rich prompt for CVE-2025-60709

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-2025-60709 (source: https://senserva.com/cve/CVE-2025-60709.html, data from MSRC, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS, NVD, refreshed twice a day (5 AM and 3 PM US Central)):
- CVE-2025-60709: High severity Microsoft vulnerability, CVSS 7.8
- EPSS 30-day exploitation probability: 6.0%
- Actively exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed by: KB5068779, KB5068781, KB5068787, KB5068791, KB5068840, KB5068861, KB5068864, KB5068865, KB5068904, KB5068905, KB5068906, KB5068907, KB5068908, KB5068909, KB5068966
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.
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Schedule normally

No exploitation observed: not in the CISA KEV catalog, EPSS 6%.

Fixed by KB5068779 and 14 more (by build, listed below). Download from the Microsoft Update Catalog, or deploy via Windows Update, Intune, or WSUS.

Do this now: Deploy with your normal update cycle. This page refreshes daily; the verdict changes the day the data does.

Official patch(es) for CVE-2025-60709

Moderate priority: schedule it in your normal patch cycle. In Intune or Defender, confirm whether the fixing updates KB5068779, KB5068781, KB5068787, KB5068791, KB5068840, KB5068861, KB5068864, KB5068865, KB5068904, KB5068905, KB5068906, KB5068907, KB5068908, KB5068909, KB5068966 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-2025-60709. 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.

KB5068779 KB5068781 KB5068787 KB5068791 KB5068840 KB5068861 KB5068864 KB5068865 KB5068904 KB5068905 KB5068906 KB5068907 KB5068908 KB5068909 KB5068966

Scope and sources

Affected products

Fixed by the same updates

CVE-2025-62215 CVE-2025-60724 CVE-2025-64678 CVE-2025-60715 CVE-2025-62452 CVE-2025-59505 CVE-2025-59511 CVE-2025-59512

Authoritative references

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

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