CVE-2025-53140

CVE-2025-53140 is a use-after-free vulnerability in the Microsoft Kernel Transaction Manager that allows an authorized local attacker to achieve privilege escalation. With a CVSS score of 7.0 (High), exploitation requires low privileges and high attack complexity, but can lead to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness within the cybersecurity landscape.