Privilege Escalation
The latest Privilege Escalation coverage — news, analysis, and updates from the WindowsNews.AI desk.
CVE-2025-13911: Critical Ignition Gateway Privilege Escalation Threat on Windows Systems
A newly disclosed vulnerability in Inductive Automation's widely used Ignition platform has raised significant concerns among industrial control system (ICS) operators and IT security teams....
Project Zero Finds Windows 11 November 2024 Patch Still Allows Elevated Attacks
Microsoft's November 2024 security update for Windows 11, intended to fix a critical privilege-escalation vulnerability in the new Administrator Protection feature, has been criticized by Google's...
RasMan CVE-2025-59230: Critical Windows LPE Vulnerability Analysis & Mitigation
Security researchers have uncovered a sophisticated two-stage attack chain targeting the Windows Remote Access Connection Manager (RasMan) service that transforms a previously patched but...
CVE-2024-22774 gives local attackers SYSTEM access via dental software DLL hijack.
A critical security vulnerability in Panoramic Dental Imaging software has been discovered that allows attackers to escalate privileges from a standard user account to full SYSTEM-level access...
CVE-2025-64669: Critical Windows Admin Center Privilege Escalation Vulnerability Explained
Microsoft has disclosed a significant security vulnerability in Windows Admin Center, designated CVE-2025-64669, which allows attackers to perform local privilege escalation on affected systems. This...
CISA KEV Adds Critical WinRAR & Windows Cloud Files Vulnerabilities: Complete Remediation Guide
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added two significant vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, signaling active exploitation in the wild...
Heap overflow in Windows DWM grants SYSTEM-level access with CVE-2025-64680.
Microsoft's security team has flagged a significant new vulnerability in Windows systems that could allow attackers to gain elevated privileges on affected machines. CVE-2025-64680, added to...
CVE-2025-64679: Windows DWM Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability Analysis & Patch Guide
A critical security vulnerability in Windows' Desktop Window Manager (DWM) has been identified as CVE-2025-64679, presenting a significant local privilege escalation risk that could allow attackers...
CVE-2025-64661 Windows Shell Vulnerability: Race Condition Threat & Patch Analysis
Microsoft's February 2025 Patch Tuesday addressed a critical Windows Shell elevation-of-privilege vulnerability tracked as CVE-2025-64661, which security researchers have identified as particularly...
CVE-2025-62565: Critical Windows Explorer Flaw Allows Local Privilege Escalation to SYSTEM
Microsoft has disclosed a critical security vulnerability in Windows Explorer that could allow authenticated local attackers to escalate privileges to SYSTEM level, granting them complete control...
Patch Alert: Windows Brokering File System Flaw Allows SYSTEM Takeover
Microsoft has released a security update addressing a high-severity privilege escalation vulnerability in the Windows Brokering File System (BFS) that could let a local attacker gain full SYSTEM...
CVE-2025-62474: Critical Windows RasMan LPE Vulnerability Patched in December 2025 Update
Microsoft's December 2025 security update addresses a critical elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Remote Access Connection Manager (RasMan) service, designated CVE-2025-62474. This security...