CVE-2025-62221
Windows Cloud Files Mini Filter Driver Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- Published
- Dec 9, 2025
- Updated
- Apr 16, 2026
- Assigning CNA
- microsoft
- Evidence observed
- Dec 9, 2025
Primary CVSS
nvd · CVSS 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HLow · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 83.9%
- Model date
- Sep 21, 2026
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CISA Known Exploited
This CVE appears in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.
Summary
Use after free in Windows Cloud Files Mini Filter Driver allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
Sources
1Proof-of-concept demonstrating a use-after-free in cldflt.sys (CVE-2025-62221) that enables local privilege escalation to SYSTEM via kernel pool grooming and token stealing.
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