Microsoft Windows Hardware Lab Kit (HLK) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
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describes (1)
Related CVEs.
| ID | severity | exploitable | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2025-27488US | —OT elevated | — | ||
Use of hard-coded credentials in Windows Hardware Lab Kit allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally. | ||||
references
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- CVE-2025-27488 Microsoft Windows Hardware Lab Kit (HLK) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability - CSAFself
- CVE-2025-27488 Microsoft Windows Hardware Lab Kit (HLK) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability - HTMLself
- Microsoft Support Lifecycleexternal
- Common Vulnerability Scoring Systemexternal
- Microsoft Exploitability Indexexternal
remediations (11)
- FixedWindows 10 HLK Version 22H2
10.1.19041.5609:Security Update:https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/test/hlk/what-s-new-in-the-hardware-lab-kit#whats-new-in-previous-releases
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/test/hlk/what-s-new-in-the-hardware-lab-kit#whats-new-in-previous-releases - FixedWindows 10 HLK version 20H2
10.1.19041.5609:Security Update:https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/test/hlk/what-s-new-in-the-hardware-lab-kit#whats-new-in-previous-releases
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/test/hlk/what-s-new-in-the-hardware-lab-kit#whats-new-in-previous-releases - FixedWindows 10 HLK version 21H1
10.1.19041.5609:Security Update:https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/test/hlk/what-s-new-in-the-hardware-lab-kit#whats-new-in-previous-releases
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/test/hlk/what-s-new-in-the-hardware-lab-kit#whats-new-in-previous-releases - FixedWindows 10 HLK version 21H2
10.1.19041.5609:Security Update:https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/test/hlk/what-s-new-in-the-hardware-lab-kit#whats-new-in-previous-releases
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/test/hlk/what-s-new-in-the-hardware-lab-kit#whats-new-in-previous-releases - FixedWindows 11 HLK 22H2
10.1.22621.5040:Security Update:https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/test/hlk/what-s-new-in-the-hardware-lab-kit#whats-new-in-previous-releases
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/test/hlk/what-s-new-in-the-hardware-lab-kit#whats-new-in-previous-releases - FixedWindows 11 HLK 24H2
10.1.26100.3478:Security Update:https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/test/hlk/what-s-new-in-the-hardware-lab-kit#whats-new-in-previous-releases
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/test/hlk/what-s-new-in-the-hardware-lab-kit#whats-new-in-previous-releases - FixedWindows HLK for Windows 10 version 2004
10.1.19041.5609:Security Update:https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/test/hlk/what-s-new-in-the-hardware-lab-kit#whats-new-in-previous-releases
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/test/hlk/what-s-new-in-the-hardware-lab-kit#whats-new-in-previous-releases - FixedWindows HLK for Windows Server 2019
10.1.17763.7010:Security Update:https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/test/hlk/what-s-new-in-the-hardware-lab-kit#whats-new-in-previous-releases
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/test/hlk/what-s-new-in-the-hardware-lab-kit#whats-new-in-previous-releases - FixedWindows HLK for Windows Server 2022
10.1.20348.3330:Security Update:https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/test/hlk/what-s-new-in-the-hardware-lab-kit#whats-new-in-previous-releases
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/test/hlk/what-s-new-in-the-hardware-lab-kit#whats-new-in-previous-releases - FixedWindows HLK for Windows Server 2025
10.1.26100.3478:Security Update:https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/test/hlk/what-s-new-in-the-hardware-lab-kit#whats-new-in-previous-releases
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/test/hlk/what-s-new-in-the-hardware-lab-kit#whats-new-in-previous-releases - FixedWindows HLK, version 1809
10.1.17763.7010:Security Update:https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/test/hlk/what-s-new-in-the-hardware-lab-kit#whats-new-in-previous-releases
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/test/hlk/what-s-new-in-the-hardware-lab-kit#whats-new-in-previous-releases
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