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CVE-2025-29975

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2025-29975 is an improper link resolution vulnerability (CWE-59) in Microsoft PC Manager, allowing an authenticated local attacker to achieve privilege escalation. Rated 7.8 HIGH on CVSS, this flaw requires local access but no user interaction, enabling high impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not currently listed in CISA KEV or having public exploit code, it has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness within the cybersecurity landscape.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 3.16.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:pc_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.8HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.44%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
36.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0044 is in the 76th percentile among its peer group of 16,994 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft PC ManagerFixed in: 3.16.1.0
View patch
microsoftvendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

microsoft2025-May/CVE-2025-29975Important

Microsoft PC Manager Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

May 13, 2025

References

msrc.microsoft.com / update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-29975
Vendor Advisory