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The tag afd.sys use after free covers discussions about a high-severity local privilege escalation vulnerability in the Windows Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock (AFD.sys). Tracked as CVE-2026-32073, this use-after-free flaw received a CVSS 3.1 score of 7.0 and was published by Microsoft on April 14, 2026. The vulnerability allows a low-privileged local attacker to elevate privileges to system level, making it a critical security concern for Windows administrators. Topics include patch management, exploitation risks, and mitigation strategies for this specific driver flaw.
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    CVE-2026-32073 AFD.sys: High Local Use-After-Free Windows Privilege Escalation

    Microsoft’s CVE-2026-32073 is the kind of Windows security advisory that makes defenders stop and re-evaluate their patch queue: it is a local elevation-of-privilege flaw in the Windows Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock, better known as AFD.sys, and it is already being tracked as a...
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