Jul 2025: Windows Virtualization-Based Security (VBS) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
CVE-2025-47159 Published on July 8, 2025
Windows Virtualization-Based Security (VBS) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Protection mechanism failure in Windows Virtualization-Based Security (VBS) Enclave allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
Weakness Type
Protection Mechanism Failure
The product does not use or incorrectly uses a protection mechanism that provides sufficient defense against directed attacks against the product. This weakness covers three distinct situations. A "missing" protection mechanism occurs when the application does not define any mechanism against a certain class of attack. An "insufficient" protection mechanism might provide some defenses - for example, against the most common attacks - but it does not protect against everything that is intended. Finally, an "ignored" mechanism occurs when a mechanism is available and in active use within the product, but the developer has not applied it in some code path.
Products Associated with CVE-2025-47159
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Affected Versions
Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1507:- Version 10.0.10240.0 and below 10.0.10240.21073 is affected.
- Version 10.0.14393.0 and below 10.0.14393.8246 is affected.
- Version 10.0.17763.0 and below 10.0.17763.7558 is affected.
- Version 10.0.19044.0 and below 10.0.19044.6093 is affected.
- Version 10.0.19045.0 and below 10.0.19045.6093 is affected.
- Version 10.0.22621.0 and below 10.0.22621.5624 is affected.
- Version 10.0.22631.0 and below 10.0.22631.5624 is affected.
- Version 10.0.22631.0 and below 10.0.22631.5624 is affected.
- Version 10.0.26100.0 and below 10.0.26100.4652 is affected.
- Version 10.0.14393.0 and below 10.0.14393.8246 is affected.
- Version 10.0.14393.0 and below 10.0.14393.8246 is affected.
- Version 10.0.17763.0 and below 10.0.17763.7558 is affected.
- Version 10.0.17763.0 and below 10.0.17763.7558 is affected.
- Version 10.0.20348.0 and below 10.0.20348.3932 is affected.
- Version 10.0.25398.0 and below 10.0.25398.1732 is affected.
- Version 10.0.26100.0 and below 10.0.26100.4652 is affected.
- Version 10.0.26100.0 and below 10.0.26100.4652 is affected.
Exploit Probability
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) scores estimate the probability that a vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days. The percentile shows you how this score compares to all other vulnerabilities.