CVE-2025-27488: medium-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 10 HLK version 20H2
Microsoft Windows Hardware Lab Kit (HLK) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
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13Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackcvss 6.7epss 0.4%
Use of hard-coded credentials in Windows Hardware Lab Kit allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Affected products
Microsoft · Windows 10 HLK version 20H2Microsoft · Windows 10 HLK version 21H1Microsoft · Windows 10 HLK version 21H2Microsoft · Windows 10 HLK Version 22H2Microsoft · Windows 11 HLK 22H2Microsoft · Windows 11 HLK 24H2Microsoft · Windows HLK for Windows 10 version 2004Microsoft · Windows HLK for Windows Server 2019Microsoft · Windows HLK for Windows Server 2022Microsoft · Windows HLK for Windows Server 2025Microsoft · Windows HLK, version 1809