endpoint security

Microsoft’s Security Update Guide lists CVE-2025-53783 as a heap-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Teams that “allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a network,” but the advisory page requires JavaScript and cannot be fully scraped by some automated tools; independent indexing of...

Microsoft’s Security Response Center (MSRC) has cataloged CVE-2025-50155 as an Elevation of Privilege (EoP) vulnerability in the Windows Push Notifications Apps component described as “Access of resource using incompatible type (‘type confusion’).” The issue allows an authorized local attacker —...

Microsoft’s Security Response Center has published an advisory listing CVE-2025-53739 — an Excel vulnerability described as “Access of resource using incompatible type (‘type confusion’)” that can lead to code execution when a crafted spreadsheet is processed by the desktop client. Background /...

Microsoft has confirmed a use‑after‑free vulnerability in Microsoft Office Visio — tracked as CVE‑2025‑53734 — that can be triggered when a user opens a specially crafted Visio file and may allow an attacker to execute code in the context of the current user; Microsoft’s advisory entry is live...

Microsoft has confirmed a use‑after‑free vulnerability in Microsoft Excel (tracked as CVE‑2025‑53735) that can lead to local code execution when a crafted spreadsheet is opened — a serious document‑based attack vector that demands immediate attention from IT teams and security‑minded users...

Microsoft’s security advisory identifies CVE-2025-53724 as an elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Windows Push Notifications Apps component that stems from an access of resource using incompatible type (type confusion); when triggered by a locally authorized user, the bug can be abused...

Note: I couldn’t find any authoritative record for CVE-2025-53156 in the major public vulnerability databases (MSRC / NVD / MITRE / CVE.circl / CVE Details) as of August 12, 2025. The Storage Port Driver information-disclosure vulnerability widely reported in Microsoft’s June 2025 updates is...

Microsoft’s Security Response Guide flags a null-pointer dereference in the Windows Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock (AFD.sys) that, when reached by a local, authorized user, can be weaponized into an elevation‑of‑privilege to SYSTEM — a high‑impact kernel vulnerability that demands...

Title: CVE-2025-53131 — What Windows admins need to know about the new Windows Media RCE (heap-based buffer overflow) Summary (TL;DR) CVE-2025-53131 is a heap-based buffer overflow in Windows Media components that can allow remote, unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code over a...

Microsoft has published an advisory for CVE-2025-50172: a vulnerability in the DirectX Graphics Kernel that permits authorized attackers to cause a denial‑of‑service (DoS) by allocating graphics resources without limits or throttling, potentially disrupting hosts and virtualized workloads that...

Title: CVE‑2025‑50173 — Windows Installer “Weak Authentication” Elevation‑of‑Privilege: What admins need to know and do now Summary Microsoft lists CVE‑2025‑50173 as an elevation‑of‑privilege vulnerability in Windows Installer. The vendor description summarizes the issue as “weak authentication...

Microsoft's Security Response Center lists CVE-2025-50161 as a heap-based buffer overflow in the Win32K GRFX subsystem that allows an authorized local attacker to elevate privileges, and administrators should treat this as a high-priority patching item for all affected Windows hosts. Background...

Microsoft’s security advisory confirms a use-after-free flaw in the Remote Access Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) EAP-TLS implementation that can allow an authorized local attacker to elevate privileges on affected Windows systems, and administrators must treat this as a priority patching and...

Microsoft's security update for a Windows File Explorer flaw underscores a long-standing risk vector: trusted UI components that implicitly parse untrusted content. In March 2025 Microsoft disclosed and patched a Windows File Explorer spoofing vulnerability that could cause Explorer to...

A recently published Microsoft advisory warns that CVE-2025-49762 — a race-condition flaw in the Windows Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock (AFD.sys) — can allow a locally authorized attacker to elevate privileges by exploiting concurrent execution using a shared resource with improper...

Title: CVE-2025-49743 — Windows Graphics Component race-condition allows local privilege escalation: what admins need to know and do now Summary What it is: CVE-2025-49743 is an elevation-of-privilege (EoP) vulnerability in the Microsoft Graphics Component caused by a race condition (concurrent...

Microsoft has confirmed that Windows PowerShell 2.0 — the legacy scripting engine first shipped with Windows 7 — will be removed from shipping Windows images as part of the upcoming Windows 11 and Windows Server 2025 releases, a change that closes a long‑running deprecation and removes a known...

Dell’s push into AI-ready PCs — and Haidi Nossair’s argument that this shift is fast becoming a competitive necessity rather than an optional refresh — captures a broader industry inflection where the endpoint is again being recast as strategic infrastructure for the enterprise. The conversation...

A new wave of skepticism is sweeping through the IT security world following revelations by renowned German researchers who have cast serious doubt on the safety of Windows Hello for business use. The much-touted biometric authentication system, a showcase feature in both Windows 10 and Windows...

Hackers showed at Black Hat that Windows Hello for Business can be fooled into accepting an attacker’s face by swapping biometric templates on a compromised PC—an attack that works stunningly fast if the intruder already has local admin privileges. In a live demo, German researchers Tillmann...