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CVE-2025-54918 is an improper authentication vulnerability in Windows NTLM that allows an authenticated attacker to elevate privileges over the network. This flaw is part of Microsoft's September 2025 Patch Tuesday, which addressed over 80 CVEs across Windows, Office, and other product families. The vulnerability is closely related to other NTLM advisories and has been flagged as a high-priority issue for defenders. Administrators are advised to apply the September cumulative updates promptly to mitigate the risk of exploitation, especially given the active exploitation chains observed in NTLM-related incidents throughout the year.
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    September 2025 Patch Tuesday: 80+ CVEs, EoP/RCE Focus & HPC Risk

    Microsoft’s September Patch Tuesday consolidates a large and varied set of fixes: Microsoft shipped updates covering roughly eighty CVEs across 15 product families, with a cluster of Elevation of Privilege (EoP) and Remote Code Execution (RCE) issues dominating the tally and a small set of...
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    September 2025 Patch Tuesday: 80 CVEs, SMB hardening & NTLM fixes

    Microsoft’s September 2025 Patch Tuesday shipped a wide-ranging set of fixes addressing 80 CVEs across Windows, Office, virtualization, and platform components — with eight rated Critical and 72 rated Important — and included several high-profile fixes for SMB, NTLM, NTFS, Office, SharePoint...
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    September Patch Tuesday 2025: Talos Snort Rules and the SOC Playbook

    Microsoft’s September Patch Tuesday arrived with a broad set of fixes and a matching set of detection updates from Cisco Talos — including a new Snort ruleset — aimed at the most likely-to-be-exploited flaws this month. The update package contains dozens of CVEs spanning Windows core components...
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    Urgent Windows NTLM Patch: Improper Authentication and Privilege Elevation

    Microsoft’s advisory that an improper authentication vulnerability in Windows NTLM can let an authenticated actor elevate privileges over the network is the latest warning flag in a year already crowded with NTLM-related incidents and active exploitation chains. The vendor entry the user...
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