CVE-2025-21420
HighPublished
Windows Disk Cleanup Tool Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- Published
- Feb 11, 2025
- Updated
- Feb 13, 2026
- Assigning CNA
- microsoft
- Evidence observed
- Aug 8, 2026
Primary CVSS
7.8/ 10High
nvd · CVSS 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H3.7%
Low · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 89.3%
- Model date
- Sep 21, 2026
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Summary
Windows Disk Cleanup Tool Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Sources
2Proof of Concept CVE-2025-21420 (Windows Disk Cleanup Tool EoP)
We found a way to DLL sideload with cleanmgr.exe
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