Microsoft Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

A vulnerability allowing untrusted pointer dereference in the Windows Kernel has been identified. This issue enables an authorized attacker to locally elevate privileges. The vulnerability affects multiple versions of Windows 11 for both ARM64 and x64-based systems, as well as Windows Server 2025.

Impact

Exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to unauthorized privilege escalation, allowing an attacker to gain limited SYSTEM privileges.

Remediation

Users can download the security update for this vulnerability via the Microsoft Update Catalog. Specific update details can be found in the Microsoft Knowledge Base articles linked in the update guide.