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CVE-2025-60710

CVE-2025-60710 is a high severity Microsoft vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.8. 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 2 updates below from the Microsoft Update Catalog, and see where this CVE sits against the rest on the patch tracker.

Risk summary

HighCISA KEV

7.8

CVSS

4.6%

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 4.6%. CVSS 7.8 (High).

This CVE is among the lower half of tracked Microsoft CVEs by EPSS exploit probability, and one of 3 actively-exploited CVEs in December 2025.

Senserva AI Opinion for CVE-2025-60710

This elevation of privilege flaw in the Host Process for Windows Tasks hits Microsoft's newest platforms, Windows Server 2025 and Windows 11 25H2, and exploitation is confirmed with a KEV entry on 2026-04-13. New-platform escalations matter because early adopters often run these builds on their most important infrastructure.

Do this: Verify Windows Server 2025 and Windows 11 25H2 machines took the relevant cumulative update; the newest builds are easy to overlook in patch dashboards.

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

Senserva AI Opinion and rich prompt for CVE-2025-60710

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-2025-60710 (source: https://senserva.com/cve/CVE-2025-60710.html, data from MSRC, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS, NVD, refreshed twice a day (5 AM and 3 PM US Central)):
- CVE-2025-60710: High severity Microsoft vulnerability, CVSS 7.8
- EPSS 30-day exploitation probability: 4.6%
- Actively exploited (CISA KEV): YES
- Fixed by: KB5072014, KB5072033
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 KB5072014 and 1 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-2025-60710

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 KB5072014, KB5072033 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-2025-60710. 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.

KB5072014 KB5072033

Scope and sources

Affected products

Fixed by the same updates

CVE-2025-62221 CVE-2025-62456 CVE-2025-62549 CVE-2025-54100 CVE-2025-55233 CVE-2025-59516 CVE-2025-59517 CVE-2025-62454

Authoritative references

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

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