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title: "CVE-2025-60710: Microsoft Windows Link Following Vulnerability"
url: https://erroneo.us/security/cve/CVE-2025-60710/
description: "CVE-2025-60710 (Microsoft Windows): Exploited in the wild (CISA KEV). Improper link resolution before file access ('link following') in Host Process for…"
type: vulnerability-record
section: "Security Digest"
date_published: 2025-11-11
date_modified: 2026-08-15
publisher: erroneo.us
author: erroneo.us Security Desk
cve: "CVE-2025-60710"
kev: true
cvss: 7.8
epss: 0.04614
license: All rights reserved. Quote with attribution and a link.
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# CVE-2025-60710: Microsoft Windows Link Following Vulnerability

**Signal:** Exploited: patch now if you run it. CISA has confirmed exploitation in the wild. (Computed from CISA KEV, EPSS and CVSS; not an editorial verdict.)

## Should you act?

- Yes, if you run Microsoft Windows. CISA added this CVE to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2026-04-13, which means there is reliable evidence of exploitation in the wild. US federal agencies must remediate by 2026-04-27 ; treat that as the outer limit, not the target. CISA also lists it as known to be used in ransomware campaigns .
- EPSS 4.6% , percentile 92: FIRST’s model estimates a 4.6% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, higher than 92% of all scored CVEs (elevated). EPSS is a probability, not a verdict.
- Needs local access needed. Lower urgency for most teams unless an attacker could already run code on the machine.

## What it is

Improper link resolution before file access ('link following') in Host Process for Windows Tasks allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

## Affected products (CVE record)

- Microsoft Windows 11 Version 24H2: 10.0.26100.0 < 10.0.26100.7462
- Microsoft Windows 11 Version 25H2: 10.0.26200.0 < 10.0.26200.7462
- Microsoft Windows Server 2025: 10.0.26100.0 < 10.0.26100.7462
- Microsoft Windows Server 2025 (Server Core installation): 10.0.26100.0 < 10.0.26100.7462

## Severity

- microsoft CVSS 3.1: 7.8 `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`

## Exploitation

- CISA KEV: added 2026-04-13; federal due date 2026-04-27. Known ransomware use: Known.
- CISA required action: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
- CISA SSVC assessment: exploitation active , automatable no , technical impact total .
- FIRST EPSS (model of 2026-10-21): 4.61% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days; percentile 92.

## Sources

- [Host Process for Windows Tasks Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability](https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-60710)
- [CVE.org record CVE-2025-60710](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-60710)
- [NVD entry CVE-2025-60710](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-60710)
- [CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog entry](https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-60710)
- [vicarius.io](https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2025-60710-detection-script-eop-vulnerability-in-host-process-for-windows-tasks)
- [vicarius.io](https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2025-60710-mitigation-script-eop-vulnerability-in-host-process-for-windows-tasks)

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