CVE-2025-21202 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Windows Recovery Environment Agent Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Physical

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

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References

Link	Providers
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-21202

History

Tue, 14 Jan 2025 18:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		Windows Recovery Environment Agent Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Title		Windows Recovery Environment Agent Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Weaknesses		CWE-284
References		https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-21202
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 6.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published: 2025-01-14T18:04:19.750Z

Updated: 2025-01-15T01:10:19.562Z

Reserved: 2024-12-05T21:43:30.768Z

Link: CVE-2025-21202

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2025-01-14T18:15:31.827

Modified: 2025-01-14T18:15:31.827

Link: CVE-2025-21202

Redhat

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