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CVE-2025-62215

CVE-2025-62215 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

6.0%

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 6.0%. CVSS 7.0 (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-2025-62215

Despite a modest 6% EPSS score, this Windows kernel elevation of privilege flaw is Critical at CVSS 9.8 and confirmed exploited, joining the KEV catalog on 2025-11-12. That pattern suggests targeted rather than mass exploitation, which makes patch verification more important, not less, since victims are chosen deliberately.

Do this: Confirm the November 2025 updates on all Windows 10 1809 and Server 2019 systems, prioritizing high-value servers.

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

Senserva AI Opinion and rich prompt for CVE-2025-62215

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-2025-62215 (source: https://senserva.com/cve/CVE-2025-62215.html, data from MSRC, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS, NVD, refreshed twice a day (5 AM and 3 PM US Central)):
- CVE-2025-62215: High severity Microsoft vulnerability, CVSS 7.0
- EPSS 30-day exploitation probability: 6.0%
- Actively exploited (CISA KEV): YES
- Fixed by: KB5068779, KB5068781, KB5068787, KB5068791, KB5068840, KB5068861, KB5068865, 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.
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 KB5068779 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-2025-62215

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 KB5068779, KB5068781, KB5068787, KB5068791, KB5068840, KB5068861, KB5068865, 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-2025-62215. 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 KB5068865 KB5068966

Scope and sources

Affected products

Fixed by the same updates

CVE-2025-60724 CVE-2025-64678 CVE-2025-60715 CVE-2025-62452 CVE-2025-59505 CVE-2025-59511 CVE-2025-59512 CVE-2025-59514

Authoritative references

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

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