Oct 2025: Windows Graphics Component Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
CVE-2025-59205 Published on October 14, 2025
Windows Graphics Component Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Concurrent execution using shared resource with improper synchronization ('race condition') in Microsoft Graphics Component allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
Weakness Type
What is a Race Condition Vulnerability?
The program contains a code sequence that can run concurrently with other code, and the code sequence requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence that is operating concurrently.
CVE-2025-59205 has been classified to as a Race Condition vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2025-59205
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Affected Versions
Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1507:- Version 10.0.10240.0 and below 10.0.10240.21161 is affected.
- Version 10.0.14393.0 and below 10.0.14393.8519 is affected.
- Version 10.0.17763.0 and below 10.0.17763.7919 is affected.
- Version 10.0.19044.0 and below 10.0.19044.6456 is affected.
- Version 10.0.19045.0 and below 10.0.19045.6456 is affected.
- Version 10.0.22621.0 and below 10.0.22621.6060 is affected.
- Version 10.0.22631.0 and below 10.0.22631.6060 is affected.
- Version 10.0.22631.0 and below 10.0.22631.6060 is affected.
- Version 10.0.26100.0 and below 10.0.26100.6899 is affected.
- Version 10.0.26200.0 and below 10.0.26200.6899 is affected.
- Version 6.1.7601.0 and below 6.1.7601.27974 is affected.
- Version 6.1.7601.0 and below 6.1.7601.27974 is affected.
- Version 6.0.6003.0 and below 6.0.6003.23571 is affected.
- Version 6.0.6003.0 and below 6.0.6003.23571 is affected.
- Version 6.2.9200.0 and below 6.2.9200.25722 is affected.
- Version 6.2.9200.0 and below 6.2.9200.25722 is affected.
- Version 6.3.9600.0 and below 6.3.9600.22824 is affected.
- Version 6.3.9600.0 and below 6.3.9600.22824 is affected.
- Version 10.0.14393.0 and below 10.0.14393.8519 is affected.
- Version 10.0.14393.0 and below 10.0.14393.8519 is affected.
- Version 10.0.17763.0 and below 10.0.17763.7919 is affected.
- Version 10.0.17763.0 and below 10.0.17763.7919 is affected.
- Version 10.0.20348.0 and below 10.0.20348.4294 is affected.
- Version 10.0.25398.0 and below 10.0.25398.1913 is affected.
- Version 10.0.26100.0 and below 10.0.26100.6899 is affected.
- Version 10.0.26100.0 and below 10.0.26100.6899 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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