Microsoft Windows Use After Free Vulnerability

Microsoft Windows

Microsoft Windows Cloud Files Mini Filter Driver contains a use after free vulnerability that can allow an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally. Added to CISA KEV on 2025-12-09 (federal deadline 2025-12-30).

First seen: 9 Dec 2025
Last update: 9 Dec 2025, 12:00 UTC
Identifiers: CVE-2025-62221
Source: CISA KEV
On the menu as: Windows

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## Microsoft Windows Use After Free Vulnerability
Severity: high, exploited in the wild. Patch status: patched.
Affected: Microsoft Windows
Ids: CVE-2025-62221

Microsoft Windows Cloud Files Mini Filter Driver contains a use after free vulnerability that can allow an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally. Added to CISA KEV on 2025-12-09 (federal deadline 2025-12-30).

## Steps
1. This touches infrastructure (windows). Look in terraform, ansible, cloud-init, Dockerfiles and docs for the product and version we run. If it isn't in the repo, say so and list what a human should check on the box.

## Report
A table: file, product or package, version in use, affected yes/no, exact fix. Then anything a human has to check outside the repo.

If you have the pwned.coffee MCP server (https://pwned.coffee/mcp), call lookup_cve("CVE-2025-62221") for the latest, and check_repo with this repo's lockfiles, Dockerfiles and workflows for a full receipt.
Sources: https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/vulnerability/CVE-2025-62221 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-62221
https://pwned.coffee/i/microsoft-windows-use-after-free-vulnerability-cve-2025-62221

Sources

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