CVE-2025-21292: CWE-94: Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') in Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1809
Windows Search Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
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Technical Summary
CVE-2025-21292 is a vulnerability in the Windows Search Service component of Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1809 (build 10.0.17763.0). It is categorized under CWE-94, indicating improper control of code generation, commonly known as code injection. The vulnerability allows an attacker with local access and limited privileges to elevate their privileges without user interaction. The CVSS v3.1 base score is 8.8, reflecting high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Microsoft has released an official fix to remediate this vulnerability.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker with low privileges on the affected system to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges, potentially gaining full control over the system. This can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the affected system.
Mitigation Recommendations
An official fix is available from Microsoft. It is strongly recommended to apply the security update provided in the Microsoft advisory at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-21292 to remediate this vulnerability.
CVE-2025-21292: CWE-94: Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') in Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1809
Description
Windows Search Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
CVSS v3.1
Score 8.8high
Affected software
Weaknesses
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Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
CVE-2025-21292 is a vulnerability in the Windows Search Service component of Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1809 (build 10.0.17763.0). It is categorized under CWE-94, indicating improper control of code generation, commonly known as code injection. The vulnerability allows an attacker with local access and limited privileges to elevate their privileges without user interaction. The CVSS v3.1 base score is 8.8, reflecting high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Microsoft has released an official fix to remediate this vulnerability.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker with low privileges on the affected system to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges, potentially gaining full control over the system. This can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the affected system.
Mitigation Recommendations
An official fix is available from Microsoft. It is strongly recommended to apply the security update provided in the Microsoft advisory at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-21292 to remediate this vulnerability.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.1
- Assigner Short Name
- microsoft
- Date Reserved
- 2024-12-10T23:54:12.946Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- official-fix
- Vendor Advisory Urls
- [{"url":"https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-21292","vendor":"Microsoft"}]
Threat ID: 68c0bd509ed239a66badeb57
Added to database: 09/09/2025, 23:50:40 UTC
Last enriched: 06/10/2026, 09:50:28 UTC
Last updated: 09/10/2026, 19:36:49 UTC
Views: 128
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