CVE-2025-27488

MEDIUMNVD 6.76.7—Trending — 4 sources updated this week

6.7

Use of hard-coded credentials in Windows Hardware Lab Kit allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

CVSS v3: 6.7
EG Score: 6.7(medium)
EPSS: 72.5%
KEV: Not listed

Published

May 13, 2025

Last Modified

May 19, 2025

References (1)

secure@microsofthttps://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-27488

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2025-27488(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

CVE-2025-27488
Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC)High
Microsoft Windows Hardware Lab Kit (HLK) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

CWE-798Use of Hard-coded Credentials

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 14× in last 7d / 15× in last 30d)

Every time one of our enrichment pipelines (NVD, MITRE cvelistV5, EPSS, CISA KEV, GHSA, OSV, vendor advisories) ran against this CVE. Most recent first.

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2025-27488?

CVE-2025-27488 is a medium vulnerability published on May 13, 2025. Use of hard-coded credentials in Windows Hardware Lab Kit allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

When was CVE-2025-27488 disclosed?

CVE-2025-27488 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on May 13, 2025, with the most recent update on May 19, 2025. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.

Is CVE-2025-27488 actively exploited?

CVE-2025-27488 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 72.5% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.

What is the CVSS score of CVE-2025-27488?

CVE-2025-27488 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.7 (NVD).

How do I remediate CVE-2025-27488?

Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2025-27488, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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