# CVE-2025-59512 — Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1607

> As of 2026-02-26, CVE-2025-59512 is a HIGH-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1607, CVSS v3.1 7.8, EPSS 2.9% (86.6th percentile). Threadlinqs Intelligence links 1 tracked threat campaign to CVE-2025-59512, most recently “CVE-2025-59201: Windows Network Connection Status Indicator (NCSI) Elevation of Privilege via Registry Symbolic Link Abuse”.

**Last updated:** 2026-02-26

## What is CVE-2025-59512?

Improper access control in Customer Experience Improvement Program (CEIP) allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

The record classifies CVE-2025-59512 under weakness class [CWE-284](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/cwe/CWE-284). Its CVSS v3 base vector states that the flaw requires local access to the host, needs low-privilege credentials, needs no user interaction, and has high impact on confidentiality, integrity, availability. 12 affected-product entries are recorded, across 1 vendor, listed below. The identifier was first published 348 days ago.

## Severity and exploitation probability

- **CVSS v3.1 base score:** 7.8 — HIGH (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C`)
- **EPSS (FIRST):** 2.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 86.6% of all scored CVEs
- **CISA KEV:** Not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
- **Threadlinqs priority:** 9.4/10 — a Threadlinqs composite of the CVSS base score, the EPSS percentile and public exploit availability
- **Published:** 2025-11-11, last modified 2026-02-26

## Is CVE-2025-59512 being exploited?

Weaponised exploit code for CVE-2025-59512 is publicly available. 1 public proof-of-concept repository is tracked for this identifier. It currently carries a trending score of 35 in the Threadlinqs vulnerability feed.

- [trickest/cve](https://github.com/trickest/cve/blob/main/2025/CVE-2025-59512.md) (trickest)

## Affected products and versions

- [Microsoft](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/vendors/microsoft): Windows 10 Version 1607, Windows 10 Version 1809, Windows 10 Version 21H2, Windows 10 Version 22H2, Windows 11 version 22H3, Windows 11 Version 23H2, Windows 11 Version 24H2, Windows 11 Version 25H2, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2012 (Server Core installation), Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows Server 2012 R2 (Server Core installation)

## How to fix CVE-2025-59512

Vendor advisory: [https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-59512](https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-59512). Apply the vendor fix referenced above to every affected product listed in this record, then confirm the running version against the vendor advisory.

## Threat activity tracking CVE-2025-59512

1 tracked threat in the Threadlinqs corpus references CVE-2025-59512, either in the campaign’s CVE list or as an indicator on the campaign record.

- [CVE-2025-59201: Windows Network Connection Status Indicator (NCSI) Elevation of Privilege via Registry Symbolic Link Abuse](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/threat/TL-2026-2480) — HIGH · 2026-09-13

## Sources

Enriched from CVE.org, NVD, FIRST EPSS, GitHub Security Advisories, public proof-of-concept repositories. Last verified by Threadlinqs on 2026-10-10. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.

**Vendor advisory and patch**

- [msrc.microsoft.com — vendor advisory](https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-59512)

Canonical: https://intel.threadlinqs.com/cve/CVE-2025-59512
Full detection coverage and IOCs for threats exploiting CVE-2025-59512 via the Threadlinqs MCP server (Purple tier): https://intel.threadlinqs.com/mcp