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CVE-2025-55228

Windows - Win32K

Microsoft CVSS 7.8 Updated March 12, 2026

Executive Risk Summary

"A race condition vulnerability in Windows Win32K allows an authorized attacker to execute code locally, potentially leading to privilege escalation. This vulnerability can be exploited by an attacker to gain elevated privileges on a vulnerable system."

Operational Audit Arsenal

Target Type DLL
Target Asset win32k.sys
Standard Path %windir%\System32\drivers
PowerShell
# 🛠️ Senior Engineer Universal Audit
# Target: win32k.sys (DLL)
$Targets = 'win32k.sys'
$SearchPaths = @("$env:windir\System32", "$env:ProgramFiles", "${env:ProgramFiles(x86)}")

Get-ChildItem -Path $SearchPaths -Include $Targets -Recurse -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | 
Select-Object FullName, @{Name="Version";Expression={$_.VersionInfo.ProductVersion}}

Patch Impact Forecast

Reboot Required Likely

System stability and security services may be affected

Internal Work Notes

CVE-2025-55228: Local Elevation of Privilege vulnerability in Windows Win32K, requiring patching and reboot to mitigate

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