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Vulnerability · CVE-2025-62571

Improper input validation in Windows Installer allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

Published Dec 9, 2025 · catalog updated Apr 16, 2026 · Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 (Server Core installation)

Last checked Nov 1, 2026. A connected source was read within the last 7 days.

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-62571. EPSS is 0.40%. Act only if a listed version of Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 (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 2008 Service Pack 2 (Server Core installation) 6.0.6003.0 <6.0.6003.23666

Improper input validation in Windows Installer 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 2008 Service Pack 2 (Server Core installation) 6.0.6003.0 <6.0.6003.236666.0.6003.0 <6.0.6003.23666

How to fix CVE-2025-62571

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-2025-62571. EPSS is 0.40%. Act only if a listed version of Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 (Server Core installation) is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 (Server Core installation) 6.0.6003.0 <6.0.6003.23666 6.0.6003.0 <6.0.6003.23666. 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

    Improper input validation in Windows Installer allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

  2. Apr 16, 2026 · EUVD

    Updated

    Improper input validation in Windows Installer allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-62571

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-62571

    30-day exploitation probability 0.40%

    first.org
  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-202241

    Improper input validation in Windows Installer allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Nov 1, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.

  • FIRST EPSSNov 1, 2026
  • CVE.orgOct 26, 2026
  • EUVDOct 26, 2026