CVE-2025-49730 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2025-49730

Microsoft Windows QoS Scheduler Driver Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Vulnerability Description

Time-of-check time-of-use (toctou) race condition in Microsoft Windows QoS scheduler allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

Windows 10 Version 1507, Windows 10 Version 1607, Windows 10 Version 1809, Windows 10 Version 21H2, Windows 10 Version 22H2, Windows 11 version 22H2, Windows 11 version 22H3, Windows 11 Version 23H2, Windows 11 Version 24H2, Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1, Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 (Server Core installation), Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2, Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 (Server Core installation), Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2012 (Server Core installation), Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows Server 2012 R2 (Server Core installation), Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation), Windows Server 2019, Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation), Windows Server 2022, Windows Server 2022, 23H2 Edition (Server Core installation), Windows Server 2025, Windows Server 2025 (Server Core installation)
Vulnerable Versions:
10.0.10240.0, 10.0.14393.0, 10.0.17763.0, 10.0.19044.0, 10.0.19045.0, 10.0.22621.0, 10.0.22631.0, 10.0.26100.0, 6.1.7601.0, 6.0.6003.0, 6.2.9200.0, 6.3.9600.0, 10.0.20348.0, 10.0.25398.0

Timeline

Official Publish: July 8th, 2025
Last Modified: February 13th, 2026
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-367 CWE-122

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1574 Hijack Execution Flow
Privilege Escalation
T1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalation
Privilege Escalation
T1036 Masquerading
Defense Evasion
T1485 Data Destruction
Impact
T1005 Data from Local System
Collection
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution
Execution
T1055 Process Injection
Defense Evasion