Windows CloudExperienceHost Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
At a glance
Severity
HIGH 7.3
EPSS
EPSS 1.21 % · percentile 68 (2026-10-27)
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
microsoft
NVD status
Modified
Description
<p>An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Microsoft Windows CloudExperienceHost fails to check COM objects. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could gain elevated privileges on a targeted system.</p>
<p>To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker would have to log on to an affected system and run a specially crafted script or application.</p>
<p>The security update addresses the vulnerability by checking COM objects.</p>
