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CVE-2025-47957: Decoding Microsoft’s Critical Word Use-After-Free Vulnerability
Microsoft’s security team recently pushed out a fix for a critical vulnerability in Microsoft Word that, if left unpatched, could give attackers a direct path to executing malicious code on a...
CVE-2025-53734: Patch Visio Use-After-Free RCE Before Attackers Exploit Document Flaw
Microsoft has released a security update for a use-after-free vulnerability in Microsoft Visio that allows attackers to execute arbitrary code simply by having a victim open a maliciously crafted...
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...
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...
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...
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...
CVE-2025-53152: Patch Now as Windows DWM Privilege Escalation Exploits Surface
Microsoft has issued a critical security advisory for CVE-2025-53152, a use-after-free vulnerability in the Desktop Window Manager (DWM) that allows authenticated local attackers to execute arbitrary...
How CVE-2025-53148 Can Leak Your VPN Secrets: Windows RRAS Patch and Mitigation Guide
Microsoft’s latest Patch Tuesday brought to light CVE-2025-53148, a serious information disclosure vulnerability in the Windows Routing and Remote Access Service (RRAS). The flaw, categorized as a...
MSMQ Type Confusion Flaw CVE-2025-53144 Exposes Windows Servers to RCE
Microsoft has published an advisory for a critical vulnerability in Windows Message Queuing (MSMQ) that could be exploited by an authorized attacker to execute code over a network. Tracked as...
Microsoft Rushes Patch for BFS Kernel Bug CVE-2025-53142 That Hands Attackers SYSTEM Access
Microsoft has issued a security advisory for CVE-2025-53142, a use-after-free vulnerability in the Windows Brokering File System (BFS) that allows an authenticated local attacker to escalate...
CVE-2025-53141: Microsoft Fixes AFD.sys Null Pointer Bug Enabling Local SYSTEM Escalation
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Actively Exploited Windows AFD.sys Flaw Earns CISA KEV Status Amid Patching Confusion
Microsoft’s February 2025 Patch Tuesday delivered a fix for CVE-2025-21418, a heap-based buffer overflow in the Windows Ancillary Function Driver (afd.sys), but sysadmins are grappling with a...