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Microsoft Patches Critical Excel Use-After-Free Flaw (CVE-2025-53735) That Executes Code via Malicious Spreadsheets
Microsoft has confirmed a serious use-after-free vulnerability in Microsoft Excel, tracked as CVE-2025-53735, that can allow attackers to execute arbitrary code on a victim’s machine simply by...
CVE-2025-53733: Patch Microsoft Word RCE Now – Numeric Conversion Flaw Exploited
Microsoft has published advisory CVE-2025-53733, warning of a remote code execution vulnerability in Microsoft Word that stems from an incorrect conversion between numeric types during document...
Microsoft Closes Excel Heap Overflow Remote Code Execution Hole (CVE-2025-53737) — Patch Now
Microsoft’s April 2025 security updates included a fix for a heap overflow vulnerability in Excel that attackers could exploit to run arbitrary code on a victim’s machine. Tracked as...
Patch Now: SQL Injection Flaw in Microsoft SQL Server Grants Attackers Full Network Privileges
Microsoft has confirmed a high-severity elevation-of-privilege vulnerability tracked as CVE-2025-47954 that affects Microsoft SQL Server, allowing an authenticated attacker to escalate privileges...
Urgent Patch for CVE-2025-53732: Microsoft Office Heap Overflow Enables Remote Code Execution via Malicious Documents
Microsoft has released a critical security update addressing CVE-2025-53732, a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in Microsoft Office that allows remote code execution (RCE) when a user opens a...
Microsoft Patches Dynamics 365 On-Prem Flaw CVE-2025-53728 That Exposes Sensitive Data
Microsoft has released a security update to fix an information disclosure vulnerability in Dynamics 365 on-premises versions, tracked as CVE-2025-53728. The flaw, classified as allowing an...
Microsoft Warns of CVE-2025-53726: Windows Push Notification Flaw Grants SYSTEM Access to Local Attackers
Microsoft has published a high-priority security advisory for CVE-2025-53726, a type-confusion vulnerability in the Windows Push Notifications component that allows an authenticated local attacker to...
Microsoft Issues Urgent Fix for CVE-2025-53724: Windows Push Notifications Type Confusion Bug Enables SYSTEM Access
Microsoft’s latest security advisory warns of a serious elevation-of-privilege vulnerability in the Windows Push Notifications Apps component, tracked as CVE-2025-53724. The flaw, rooted in a type...
Uninitialized Resource Bug in Windows RRAS Could Expose Corporate VPN Secrets, Microsoft Urges Patch
Microsoft has disclosed a new information disclosure vulnerability in the Windows Routing and Remote Access Service (RRAS), tracked as CVE-2025-53719, that could allow an authenticated attacker to...
Critical Windows AFD.sys Kernel Flaw (CVE-2025-53718) Exposes Systems to Local Privilege Escalation
Microsoft has issued a high-priority security advisory for a use-after-free vulnerability in the Windows Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock (AFD.sys). Tracked as CVE-2025-53718, the flaw allows a...
Critical Heap Overflow in Windows RRAS: Patch Now to Protect VPN Gateways from Remote Code Execution
Microsoft’s June–July 2025 security updates address a critical heap-based buffer overflow in the Windows Routing and Remote Access Service (RRAS) that could allow remote code execution against...
CVE-2025-33057: Microsoft Patches LSASS Null Pointer DoS That Can Crash Domain Controllers
Microsoft has released a security update for a vulnerability that allows an attacker with network access to crash the Local Security Authority Subsystem Service (LSASS) and trigger a...