CVE-2025-49685 is a use-after-free vulnerability in the Microsoft Windows Search Component, impacting various Windows 10, 11, and Server versions. With a CVSS score of 7.0 (HIGH), it allows an authorized, low-privileged attacker to achieve local privilege escalation with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While the vulnerability is not currently listed on CISA's KEV catalog and no public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB) is available, it has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, including a mention in a BleepingComputer article regarding a Microsoft Patch Tuesday.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 10.0.17763.7558CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1809:*:*:*:*:*:*:x64:* | ||
< 10.0.17763.7558CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1809:*:*:*:*:*:*:x86:* | ||
< 10.0.19044.6093CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_21h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 10.0.19045.6093CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_22h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 10.0.22621.5624CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11_22h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.4 InfoSec Media, 0.1 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.