Oct 2025: Microsoft Brokering File System Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
CVE-2025-59189 Published on October 14, 2025

Microsoft Brokering File System Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Use after free in Microsoft Brokering File System allows an unauthorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

Vendor Advisory NVD

Weakness Type

What is a Dangling pointer Vulnerability?

Referencing memory after it has been freed can cause a program to crash, use unexpected values, or execute code.

CVE-2025-59189 has been classified to as a Dangling pointer vulnerability or weakness.


Products Associated with CVE-2025-59189

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Affected Versions

Microsoft Windows 11 Version 24H2: Microsoft Windows 11 Version 25H2: Microsoft Windows Server 2025: Microsoft Windows Server 2025 (Server Core installation):

Exploit Probability

EPSS
0.03%
Percentile
9.73%

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.