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Vulnerability · CVE-2025-62462

Buffer over-read in Windows Projected File System allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

Published Dec 9, 2025 · catalog updated Apr 16, 2026 · Microsoft Windows Server 2025 (Server Core installation)

Last checked Oct 26, 2026. A connected source was read within the last 7 days.

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-62462. EPSS is 0.40%. Act only if a listed version of Microsoft Windows Server 2025 (Server Core installation) is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.

Same product and reporting

Severity
High7.8
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.40%
Remediation
Version ranges on file
Affected products
vendor Microsoft Windows Server 2025 (Server Core installation) 10.0.26100.0 <10.0.26100.7462

Buffer over-read in Windows Projected File System allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

Are you affected?

Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.

The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.

  • vendor Microsoft Windows Server 2025 (Server Core installation) 10.0.26100.0 <10.0.26100.746210.0.26100.0 <10.0.26100.7462

How to fix CVE-2025-62462

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-62462. EPSS is 0.40%. Act only if a listed version of Microsoft Windows Server 2025 (Server Core installation) is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with Microsoft Windows Server 2025 (Server Core installation) 10.0.26100.0 <10.0.26100.7462 10.0.26100.0 <10.0.26100.7462. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.40%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Technology hubs

Windows security

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Dec 9, 2025 · EUVD

    Detected

    Buffer over-read in Windows Projected File System allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

  2. Apr 16, 2026 · EUVD

    Updated

    Buffer over-read in Windows Projected File System allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-62462

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-62462

    30-day exploitation probability 0.40%

    first.org
  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-202229

    Buffer over-read in Windows Projected File System allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 26, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.

  • FIRST EPSSOct 26, 2026
  • CVE.orgOct 26, 2026
  • EUVDOct 26, 2026