CVE-2025-24994Public exploit

Privilege escalation via unverified user-writable DLL loading

Published Mar 11, 2025 · Updated Feb 13, 2026

Improper access control in Microsoft Windows 11 Cross Device Service allows local users to elevate privileges through DLL replacement. A user process copies and loads CrossDevice.Streaming.Source.dll from a user-modifiable location without verifying its signature, so a substituted library runs in the loading user context. Exploitation requires low-privileged local access and user interaction, and the resulting code gains the privileges of the user who loads the DLL.

CVSS severity7.3
High
EPSS probability1.17%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Improper access control in Microsoft Windows 11 Cross Device Service allows local users to elevate privileges through DLL replacement. A user process copies and loads CrossDevice.Streaming.Source.dll from a user-modifiable location without verifying its signature, so a substituted library runs in the loading user context. Exploitation requires low-privileged local access and user interaction, and the resulting code gains the privileges of the user who loads the DLL.

The record

CVE
CVE-2025-24994
Published
Mar 11, 2025
Updated
Feb 13, 2026
Vendor
Microsoft
Product
Windows 11, version 24H2
Classifications
CWE-284, T1574.001
Attack vector
local
Privileges
authenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Mar 11, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Feb 13, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=10.0.26100.0 <10.0.26100.3476

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectorlocal
Required privilegesauthenticated

What is affected?

Microsoft · Windows 11, version 24H2version=10.0.26100.0 <10.0.26100.3476
Microsoft · Windows 11 Version 22H3version=10.0.22631.0 <10.0.22631.5039
Microsoft · Windows 11 Version 23H2version=10.0.22631.0 <10.0.22631.5039
Microsoft · Windows 11, version 22H2version=10.0.22621.0 <10.0.22621.5039

Published CVSS scores

7.3MicrosoftCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Attacks

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Sep 9, 2026Sep 15, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 15, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectorlocal
Privilegesauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitPublished

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-284Improper Access Control
T1574.001DLL Search Order Hijacking

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