CVE-2025-48803

Local privilege escalation via missing integrity checks

Published Jul 8, 2025 · Updated Feb 13, 2026

Missing integrity checks in Microsoft Windows VBS Enclave allow local users with high privileges to elevate privileges on affected releases. The enclave integrity path fails to perform a required check, but Microsoft has not disclosed the affected function, object, or validation step. Exploitation requires local access and high privileges; Microsoft has not disclosed the resulting privilege level.

CVSS severity6.7
Medium
EPSS probability0.26%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Missing integrity checks in Microsoft Windows VBS Enclave allow local users with high privileges to elevate privileges on affected releases. The enclave integrity path fails to perform a required check, but Microsoft has not disclosed the affected function, object, or validation step. Exploitation requires local access and high privileges; Microsoft has not disclosed the resulting privilege level.

The record

CVE
CVE-2025-48803
Published
Jul 8, 2025
Updated
Feb 13, 2026
Vendor
Microsoft
Product
Windows 10 Version 1507
Classifications
CWE-353, T1068
Attack vector
local
Privileges
admin

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Jul 8, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Feb 13, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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Is a vulnerable build present?

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  1. Affected versionversion=10.0.10240.0 <10.0.10240.21073

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectorlocal
Required privilegesadmin

What is affected?

Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 1507version=10.0.10240.0 <10.0.10240.21073
Microsoft · Windows Server 2019version=10.0.17763.0 <10.0.17763.7558
Microsoft · Windows Server 2025 (Server Core installation)version=10.0.26100.0 <10.0.26100.4652
Microsoft · Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation)version=10.0.14393.0 <10.0.14393.8246
Microsoft · Windows 11, version 24H2version=10.0.26100.0 <10.0.26100.4652
Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 21H2version=10.0.19044.0 <10.0.19044.6093
Microsoft · Windows Server 2022, 23H2 Edition (Server Core installation)version=10.0.25398.0 <10.0.25398.1732
Microsoft · Windows Server 2016version=10.0.14393.0 <10.0.14393.8246
Microsoft · Windows 11 Version 22H3version=10.0.22631.0 <10.0.22631.5624
Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 22H2version=10.0.19045.0 <10.0.19045.6093
Microsoft · Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)version=10.0.17763.0 <10.0.17763.7558
Microsoft · Windows 11 Version 23H2version=10.0.22631.0 <10.0.22631.5624
Microsoft · Windows 11, version 22H2version=10.0.22621.0 <10.0.22621.5624
Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 1607version=10.0.14393.0 <10.0.14393.8246
Microsoft · Windows Server 2022version=10.0.20348.0 <10.0.20348.3932
Microsoft · Windows Server 2025version=10.0.26100.0 <10.0.26100.4652
Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 1809version=10.0.17763.0 <10.0.17763.7558

Published CVSS scores

6.7MicrosoftCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Attacks

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No observations available

Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectorlocal
Privilegesadmin
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-353Missing Support for Integrity Check
T1068Exploitation for Privilege Escalation

Public exploit references

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