Windows Projected File System Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Integer overflow or wraparound in Windows Projected File System allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
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- Dec 9, 2025
- Updated
- Sep 30, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.4% · 32th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-126
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Action score
31
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 31 / 40 · 7.8 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.4%
CISA SSVC decision
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- total
Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.
CNA vs NVD score
- NVD
- —
- CNA · microsoft
- 7.8
- NVD has not scored this yet; the score shown is the CNA’s.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.
Affected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| microsoft | windows 10 1809 | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1809 |
| microsoft | windows 10 21h2 | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_21h2 |
| microsoft | windows 10 22h2 | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_22h2 |
| microsoft | windows 11 23h2 | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11_23h2 |
| microsoft | windows 11 24h2 | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11_24h2 |
| microsoft | windows 11 25h2 | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11_25h2 |
| microsoft | windows server 2019 | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2019 |
| microsoft | windows server 2022 | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2022 |
| microsoft | windows server 2022 23h2 | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2022_23h2 |
| microsoft | windows server 2025 | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2025 |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- microsoft windows 10 1809before 10.0.17763.8146
- microsoft windows 10 21h2before 10.0.19044.6691
- microsoft windows 10 22h2before 10.0.19045.6691
- microsoft windows 11 23h2before 10.0.22631.6345
- microsoft windows 11 24h2before 10.0.26100.7392
- microsoft windows 11 25h2before 10.0.26200.7392
- microsoft windows server 2019before 10.0.17763.8146
- microsoft windows server 2022before 10.0.20348.4467
- microsoft windows server 2022 23h2before 10.0.25398.2025
- microsoft windows server 2025before 10.0.26100.7392
Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (microsoft). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1809
- 10.0.17763.0 and later · before 10.0.17763.8146affected
Microsoft Windows 10 Version 21H2
- 10.0.19044.0 and later · before 10.0.19044.6691affected
Microsoft Windows 10 Version 22H2
- 10.0.19045.0 and later · before 10.0.19045.6691affected
Microsoft Windows 11 version 22H3
- 10.0.22631.0 and later · before 10.0.22631.6345affected
Microsoft Windows 11 Version 23H2
- 10.0.22631.0 and later · before 10.0.22631.6345affected
Microsoft Windows 11 Version 24H2
- 10.0.26100.0 and later · before 10.0.26100.7462affected
Microsoft Windows 11 Version 25H2
- 10.0.26200.0 and later · before 10.0.26200.7462affected
Microsoft Windows Server 2019
- 10.0.17763.0 and later · before 10.0.17763.8146affected
Microsoft Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)
- 10.0.17763.0 and later · before 10.0.17763.8146affected
Microsoft Windows Server 2022
- 10.0.20348.0 and later · before 10.0.20348.4529affected
Microsoft Windows Server 2022, 23H2 Edition (Server Core installation)
- 10.0.25398.0 and later · before 10.0.25398.2025affected
Microsoft Windows Server 2025
- 10.0.26100.0 and later · before 10.0.26100.7462affected
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Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
- CVE-2025-624610 days apartWindows Projected File System Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability31Monitor
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- CVE-2026-26184126 days apartWindows Projected File System Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability31Monitor
- CVE-2026-42828182 days apartWindows Projected File System Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability31Monitor
- CVE-2025-21271329 days apartWindows Cloud Files Mini Filter Driver Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability31Monitor
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
- A low-privileged account is enough.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- high · data can be read
- Integrity
- high · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- high · the service can be disrupted
- Attack vector
- Local
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- High
- Integrity impact
- High
- Availability impact
- High
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-126 · Buffer Over-readCVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvd-secondary
Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
MITRE has no CAPEC/ATT&CK mapping for this CWE.
Change log
No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.
References
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.