When a vendor-side advisory and a CVE identifier don’t line up, the first — and most important — job for defenders and researchers is to stop, verify, and update the record. I tried to open the MSRC page you gave and could not find any public advisory, nor could I find any authoritative...
applocker
cve-2025-29975
cve-2025-47993
cve-2025-49738
link following
local eop
microsoft pc manager
ntfs reparse point
patch management
privilege escalation
soc playbook
symlink exploits
sysmon
threat hunting
wdac
windows security
Improper link resolution before file access, often referred to as "link following," represents a recurring and serious class of vulnerabilities in modern software, and with the disclosure of CVE-2025-49738 in Microsoft PC Manager, this long-standing issue has found a new foothold in a widely...
cve-2025-49738
cybersecurity
endpoint security
extended security updates
file integrity
file security
link following attack
malware risks
microsoft patch
microsoft pc manager
privilege escalation
security best practices
symlink exploits
system hardening
system privileges
windows defender
windows security
windows vulnerabilities