What is CVE-2025-24036?

CVE-2025-24036 is a high-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Autoupdate, classified under Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition. CVSS score: 7.0/10. Published 2025-02-11.

How severe is CVE-2025-24036?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.0 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Microsoft Autoupdate

CVE-2025-24036

Microsoft AutoUpdate (MAU) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Vulnerability class: TOCTOU (Time-of-Check to Time-of-Use)

Published 2025-02-11 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.0 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (28.1th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 28th percentile — 28.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Microsoft Autoupdate
Microsoft Autoupdate For Mac — versions 4.0.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-367 — Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition

References

msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-24036 (vendor-advisory, Patch, patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-24036?: CVE-2025-24036 is a high-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Autoupdate, classified under Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition. CVSS score: 7.0/10. Published 2025-02-11.
How severe is CVE-2025-24036?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.0 out of 10.