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Microsoft’s advisory URL for CVE-2025-55227 does not resolve to a public advisory, and the identifier CVE-2025-55227 cannot be located in Microsoft’s Security Update Guide or the major vulnerability databases; the evidence available instead points to a closely related Microsoft SQL Server...

Microsoft’s security advisory for CVE-2025-54094 identifies a type‑confusion flaw in the Windows Defender Firewall Service that can be triggered by an authorized local actor to perform a local Elevation of Privilege (EoP) — in short, an attacker with the ability to run code as a non‑privileged...

Microsoft has acknowledged a compatibility regression introduced by the August 12, 2025 cumulative Windows updates that can cause unexpected User Account Control (UAC) elevation prompts and MSI Error 1730 failures for non‑administrator users when applications trigger Windows Installer (MSI)...

In a significant escalation for industrial cybersecurity, a broad class of Siemens engineering software has been confirmed vulnerable to a type confusion deserialization flaw that can lead to arbitrary code execution when an attacker has local authenticated access. The issue—tracked under...

OpenAI’s ChatGPT can now reach into your Gmail inbox, read your Google Calendar, and look up people in Google Contacts — all from inside a single chat — marking a clear escalation in the product’s push from a conversational assistant toward a full-fledged, context-aware workspace tool. The...

Title: Urgent: CVE-2025-49707 — Azure Virtual Machines Improper Access Control Allows Local Spoofing (What IT Teams Must Do Now) Summary Microsoft has published guidance for CVE-2025-49707: an improper access-control vulnerability in Azure Virtual Machines that allows an authorized attacker to...

Microsoft security telemetry and third‑party trackers identify a newly disclosed spoofing flaw in the Windows Security App that lets a locally authorized user manipulate file names or paths and present forged or misleading security UI and alerts — a vulnerability cataloged publicly under the...

Microsoft’s advisory for CVE-2025-47954 describes an SQL Injection–style weakness in Microsoft SQL Server that can allow an authenticated actor to escalate privileges across the network — a high‑impact finding that requires immediate attention from DBAs and security teams. Background / Overview...

Note: you supplied the MSRC page for CVE-2025-49758 . I attempted to programmatically fetch the MSRC content but the page is rendered with JavaScript and I could not retrieve the full advisory text automatically. Below I’ve written a thorough, actionable, and vendor-agnostic 2000+ word article...