CVE-2025-60719
Windows Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- Published
- Nov 11, 2025
- Updated
- Feb 26, 2026
- Assigning CNA
- microsoft
- Evidence observed
- Aug 8, 2026
Primary CVSS
nvd · CVSS 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HLow · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 77.1%
- Model date
- Sep 21, 2026
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Summary
Untrusted pointer dereference in Windows Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
Sources
2Proof-of-concept and root-cause analysis of CVE-2025-60719, a use-after-free vulnerability in Windows afd.sys leading to local privilege escalation, with patch diffing insights.
This repo contains PoCs for vulnerable Windows drivers.
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