CVE-2025-27488
Microsoft Windows Hardware Lab Kit (HLK) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- Published
- Last modified
- Where the record stands: published, rejected by its publisher, or superseded by another id.What do these mean? →
- published
- Whether CISA lists it in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: proof that attackers are using it.What do these mean? →
- Not listed in CISA KEV
- Fix
- Fixed in 10.1.19041.5609, 10.1.22621.5040, 10.1.26100.3478, 10.1.17763.7010, 10.1.20348.3330
- Whether working attack code is public (Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei or GitHub). Public code makes attacks easier.What do these mean? →
- None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
CISA's decision points: whether it is exploited, whether attacks can be automated, and how much control an attacker gets. Assessed (SSVC 2.0.3).What do these mean? →
- Exploitation: none
- Automatable: no
- Technical impact: total
Summary
Use of hard-coded credentials in Windows Hardware Lab Kit allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
Timeline
- CVE published
- CISA SSVC assessment
Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
- Record last updated
Affected versions
- Microsoft Windows 10 HLK version 20H2
From 1.0.0 · fixed in 10.1.19041.5609
- Microsoft Windows 10 HLK version 21H1
From 1.0.0 · fixed in 10.1.19041.5609
- Microsoft Windows 10 HLK version 21H2
From 1.0.0 · fixed in 10.1.19041.5609
- Microsoft Windows 10 HLK Version 22H2
From 1.0.0 · fixed in 10.1.19041.5609
- Microsoft Windows 11 HLK 22H2
From 1.0.0 · fixed in 10.1.22621.5040
- Microsoft Windows 11 HLK 24H2
From 1.0.0 · fixed in 10.1.26100.3478
- Microsoft Windows HLK for Windows 10 version 2004
From 1.0.0 · fixed in 10.1.19041.5609
- Microsoft Windows HLK for Windows Server 2019
From 1.0.0 · fixed in 10.1.17763.7010
- Microsoft Windows HLK for Windows Server 2022
From 1.0.0 · fixed in 10.1.20348.3330
- Microsoft Windows HLK for Windows Server 2025
From 1.0.0 · fixed in 10.1.26100.3478
- Microsoft Windows HLK, version 1809
From 1.0.0 · fixed in 10.1.17763.7010