Local privilege escalation
Published Sep 9, 2025 · Updated Feb 26, 2026
Incorrect resource initialization in Microsoft Graphics Component in affected Windows releases allows local users to elevate privileges. Microsoft identifies the weakness but has not disclosed the resource, code locus, or malformed initialization state involved. An attacker must already hold local low-privilege access; successful exploitation crosses the privilege boundary and compromises confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Summary
What happened
Incorrect resource initialization in Microsoft Graphics Component in affected Windows releases allows local users to elevate privileges. Microsoft identifies the weakness but has not disclosed the resource, code locus, or malformed initialization state involved. An attacker must already hold local low-privilege access; successful exploitation crosses the privilege boundary and compromises confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-53800
- Published
- Sep 9, 2025
- Updated
- Feb 26, 2026
- Vendor
- Microsoft
- Product
- Windows Server 2019
- Classifications
- CWE-1419, T1068
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Sep 9, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Feb 26, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=10.0.17763.0 <10.0.17763.7792
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