CLASSIFIED - CYBER THREAT ASSESSMENT CVE-2025-60710 affecting Microsoft Windows operating systems has been identified in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog as an active privilege escalation vector through link-following exploitation. The vulnerability permits unprivileged process execution to obtain elevated system privileges via symbolic link manipulation, with exploitation requiring local access and moderate user interaction. Affected Windows versions require immediate patching; systems running unpatched kernel versions remain vulnerable to lateral privilege escalation attacks from compromised user accounts. Exploitation of CVE-2025-60710 has been observed in targeted campaigns as of February 2025.