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  1. Understanding CVE-2025-53147: AFD.sys Use-After-Free Privilege Escalation

    A use‑after‑free vulnerability in the Windows Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock (AFD.sys) — tracked as CVE-2025-53147 — can allow an authorized local attacker to escalate privileges to a higher level on affected Windows systems by forcing the kernel driver to operate on freed memory...
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  2. CVE-2025-53143: Windows MSMQ Type-Confusion RCE for Admins

    CVE-2025-53143 — What Windows administrators need to know about the new MSMQ “type confusion” RCE Summary (tl;dr) Microsoft has published a security advisory for CVE-2025-53143: an access-of-resource-using-incompatible-type (a “type confusion”) bug in Microsoft Message Queuing (MSMQ) that can...
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  3. CVE-2025-53140: KTM Kernel UAF Privilege Escalation - Patch Now

    Microsoft’s Security Response Center has published an advisory for CVE‑2025‑53140, a use‑after‑free vulnerability in the Windows Kernel Transaction Manager (KTM) that Microsoft says can be exploited by an authorized local attacker to elevate privileges on an affected system. Background /...
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  4. CVE-2025-53138 RRAS Info-Disclosure: Patch Now for Windows VPN/Router Servers

    CVE-2025-53138 — RRAS information disclosure: what admins need to know now By [Your Name], WindowsForum.com — August 12, 2025 Summary Microsoft’s Security Response Center lists CVE-2025-53138 as an information‑disclosure vulnerability in the Windows Routing and Remote Access Service (RRAS)...
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  5. CVE-2025-53135: DirectX Kernel EoP via Race Condition (dxgkrnl)

    Below is a comprehensive technical brief on CVE-2025-53135 (DirectX Graphics Kernel — elevation of privilege via a race condition). I searched Microsoft’s Security Update Guide and the public vulnerability databases for corroborating information; where vendor-provided details are available I...
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  6. CVE-2025-53131: Windows Media Heap Overflow RCE — Patch Now

    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...
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  7. CVE-2025-50177 MSMQ Use-After-Free RCE: What We Know and How to Respond

    Urgent: What we know (and don’t) about CVE‑2025‑50177 — a reported MSMQ use‑after‑free RCE Author: [Your Name], Windows Forum security desk Date: August 12, 2025 Executive summary A Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC) entry (vulnerability page for CVE‑2025‑50177) is being cited as...
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  8. CVE-2025-50173: Windows Installer Local EoP — What Admins Must Do Now

    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...
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  9. CVE-2025-50170: Local EoP in Windows Cloud Files Driver (cldflt.sys) Patch Now

    Microsoft has published an advisory for CVE-2025-50170, a local elevation-of-privilege (EoP) vulnerability in the Windows Cloud Files Mini Filter Driver (cldflt.sys) that—when reached by a local, authorized attacker—can be abused to obtain higher privileges on affected machines. The flaw stems...
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  10. CVE-2025-50168: Windows Win32K ICOMP Type-Confusion Privilege Escalation

    Microsoft has assigned CVE-2025-50168 to a Windows kernel vulnerability in the Win32K ICOMP component described as "Access of resource using incompatible type ('type confusion')" that can allow an authorized local user to elevate privileges; Microsoft’s advisory is published in the Security...
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  11. CVE-2025-50164: Windows RRAS Heap Overflow — Urgent Admin Guidance

    CVE-2025-50164 — Heap-based buffer overflow in Windows RRAS: what admins need to know now TL;DR: Microsoft lists CVE-2025-50164 as a heap-based buffer‑overflow in the Windows Routing and Remote Access Service (RRAS) that can lead to remote code execution. Administrators should treat this as...
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  12. CVE-2025-50163: RRAS Heap Overflow Enables Remote Code Execution

    A newly disclosed heap-based buffer overflow in the Windows Routing and Remote Access Service (RRAS) — tracked as CVE-2025-50163 — allows remote, unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code over a network against servers running RRAS, elevating the threat posture for any organization...
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  13. NTFS TOCTOU Explained: CVE-2025-50158 Confusion and Windows Patch Actions

    Breaking down the NTFS TOCTOU alert — why I couldn’t find CVE‑2025‑50158, and what Windows users should do now By [Your Name], WindowsForum.com — August 12, 2025 Lead: You sent a pointer to an MSRC advisory for "CVE‑2025‑50158 — Windows NTFS Information Disclosure (TOCTOU)". I searched the major...
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  14. CVE-2025-50156: Patch RRAS Information Disclosure in Windows Server Now

    Title: CVE-2025-50156 — Windows Routing and Remote Access Service (RRAS) Information Disclosure (Uninitialized Resource) Executive summary What happened: An information-disclosure vulnerability (CVE-2025-50156) was reported in Windows Routing and Remote Access Service (RRAS). The flaw is caused...
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  15. Windows File Explorer Spoofing CVE: Patch, Mitigations, and Detection

    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...
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  16. CVE-2025-49762: AFD.sys Race Condition Enables Local Privilege Escalation

    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...
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  17. CVE-2025-25007: Exchange Server Spoofing - Quick Mitigation Guide

    Microsoft’s security portal lists CVE-2025-25007 as a Microsoft Exchange Server spoofing vulnerability caused by improper validation of syntactic correctness of input, but public technical detail and third‑party analysis for this specific CVE remain sparse at the time of publication —...
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  18. CVE-2025-49761: Windows Kernel Use-After-Free Privilege Escalation

    A use‑after‑free bug in the Windows kernel has been reported under the identifier CVE‑2025‑49761 and is described by Microsoft as an elevation‑of‑privilege vulnerability that can allow a local, authorized attacker to gain SYSTEM privileges; administrators should treat the advisory as urgent and...
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  19. CVE-2025-25006: Exchange Server Spoofing - What Admins Must Do Now

    Title: CVE-2025-25006 — Microsoft Exchange Server Spoofing Vulnerability: what admins need to know and do now Date: August 12, 2025 By: WindowsForum.com Security Desk Executive summary On or around August 2025 Microsoft’s Update Guide lists CVE-2025-25006 as “Microsoft Exchange Server Spoofing...
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  20. CVE-2025-53781: Secure Azure Virtual Machines from Information Disclosure

    Azure Virtual Machines are affected by an information disclosure vulnerability tracked as CVE-2025-53781, a flaw Microsoft lists in its Security Update Guide that describes the exposure of sensitive information from Azure-hosted virtual machines which could allow an attacker with certain...
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