CVE-2025-53801

Published: Sep 9, 2025Modified: Oct 2, 2025

7.8

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability: 1.8 / Impact: 5.9

Source: secure@microsoft.com (Secondary)

Description

Untrusted pointer dereference in Windows DWM allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

Affected (14)

Products: Microsoft: Windows 10 1507, Windows 10 1607, Windows 10 1809, Windows 10 21h2, Windows 10 22h2, Windows 11 22h2, Windows 11 23h2, Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2019, Windows Server 2022, Windows Server 2022 23h2

11 products

Windows 10 1507

Windows 10 1607

Windows 10 1809

Windows 10 21h2

Windows 10 22h2

Windows 11 22h2

Windows 11 23h2

Windows Server 2016

Windows Server 2019

Windows Server 2022

Windows Server 2022 23h2

Configuration A

14 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Microsoft Windows 10 1507	Before 10.0.10240.21128
Microsoft Windows 10 1507	Before 10.0.10240.21128
Microsoft Windows 10 1607	Before 10.0.14393.8422
Microsoft Windows 10 1607	Before 10.0.14393.8422
Microsoft Windows 10 1809	Before 10.0.17763.7792
Microsoft Windows 10 1809	Before 10.0.17763.7792
Microsoft Windows 10 21h2	Before 10.0.19044.6332
Microsoft Windows 10 22h2	Before 10.0.19045.6332
Microsoft Windows 11 22h2	Before 10.0.22621.5909
Microsoft Windows 11 23h2	Before 10.0.22631.5909
Microsoft Windows Server 2016	Before 10.0.14393.8422
Microsoft Windows Server 2019	Before 10.0.17763.7792
Microsoft Windows Server 2022	Before 10.0.20348.4106
Microsoft Windows Server 2022 23h2	Before 10.0.25398.1849

Related CWEs

Untrusted Pointer Dereference

The product obtains a value from an untrusted source, converts this value to a pointer, and dereferences the resulting pointer.

References (1)

https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-53801

Source: secure@microsoft.com

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