Privilege Escalation
The latest Privilege Escalation coverage — news, analysis, and updates from the WindowsNews.AI desk.
Microsoft Issues Emergency Patch for Critical Azure Arc Command Injection Flaw
A newly discovered critical vulnerability in the Azure Arc installer (CVE-2025-26627) exposes Windows systems to command injection attacks, potentially allowing attackers to execute arbitrary code...
CVE-2025-24050: Critical Buffer Overflow Vulnerability in Windows Hyper-V Exposes Systems to Privilege Escalation
CVE-2025-24050: Critical Vulnerability in Windows Hyper-V Exposed A newly discovered critical vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-24050, has been identified in Windows Hyper-V, Microsoft's native...
Patch Azure CLI to v2.50.0 immediately to block CVE-2025-24049 command injection attacks.
A newly discovered critical vulnerability (CVE-2025-24049) in Azure CLI poses severe risks, including command injection and privilege escalation. This security flaw affects Windows IT environments...
Patch now: CVE-2025-25003 gives SYSTEM access via malicious VS project files
CVE-2025-25003: Critical Visual Studio Vulnerability Explained Microsoft has disclosed a critical privilege escalation vulnerability (CVE-2025-25003) affecting multiple versions of Visual Studio,...
March 2025 Patch Tuesday: Microsoft Addresses 50+ Security Flaws Including 6 Zero-Day Exploits
Microsoft's March 2025 Patch Tuesday has arrived with critical updates addressing over 50 security vulnerabilities, including six actively exploited zero-day flaws affecting Windows 10, Windows 11,...
Windows Kernel Bug Exploited Two Years Before March 2025 Patch
A critical Windows kernel vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-24983, has been actively exploited in the wild for nearly two years before being patched in Microsoft's March 2025 Patch Tuesday update....
Hitachi Energy MACH PS700 Vulnerability: Critical Security Risks and Windows Protection Strategies
A newly discovered vulnerability in Hitachi Energy's MACH PS700 control system software poses significant risks to industrial control systems running on Windows platforms. Tracked as CVE-2023-XXXX...
February Patch Tuesday: 4 zero-days exploited in wild, 55 bugs fixed including critical NTLM, Excel, DHCP flaws.
Microsoft's February 2025 Patch Tuesday has arrived with critical security updates addressing 55 vulnerabilities across Windows and other Microsoft products, including four zero-day flaws already...
VS Code JS Debug flaw CVE-2025-24042 lets attackers escalate privileges, patch now.
A critical security vulnerability (CVE-2025-24042) has been discovered in Microsoft's Visual Studio Code JS Debug extension, potentially allowing attackers to execute privilege escalation attacks....
CVE-2025-21337: Critical NTFS Vulnerability Exposes Windows Systems to Privilege Escalation Attacks
A newly discovered vulnerability in Windows' NTFS file system (CVE-2025-21337) has security experts warning of potential widespread privilege escalation attacks. This critical flaw in the core...
VS Code 1.89.2 patches critical CVE-2025-24039 EoP flaw.
CVE-2025-24039: Elevation of Privilege Threat in Visual Studio Code Microsoft's Visual Studio Code (VS Code), the popular open-source code editor, has been identified with a critical elevation of...
Critical WinSock Flaw (CVE-2025-21418) Grants SYSTEM Access—Apply Patch Now
CVE-2025-21418: Critical WinSock Driver Vulnerability Explained Microsoft has issued an urgent security advisory regarding CVE-2025-21418, a critical vulnerability in the Windows Sockets (WinSock)...