Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Local Security Authority
CVE-2025-21191
Key Information:
- Vendor
Microsoft
- Status
- Vendor
- CVE Published:
- 8 April 2025
What is CVE-2025-21191?
A time-of-check to time-of-use (TOCTOU) race condition exists in Microsoft's Local Security Authority (LSA), which may allow an attacker with local access to elevate privileges. By exploiting this vulnerability, an authorized user could potentially gain greater control over the affected system than initially intended, compromising system security.

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Affected Version(s)
Windows 10 Version 1507 32-bit Systems 10.0.10240.0 < 10.0.10240.20978
Windows 10 Version 1607 32-bit Systems 10.0.14393.0 < 10.0.14393.7969
Windows 10 Version 1809 32-bit Systems 10.0.17763.0 < 10.0.17763.7136
References
CVSS V3.1
Timeline
Vulnerability published
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