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The link following tag on WindowsForum.com covers security vulnerabilities where improper link resolution before file access allows local privilege escalation. Recent discussions focus on CVE-2025-55247 in .NET, CVE-2025-55317 in Microsoft AutoUpdate, CVE-2024-28916 in Xbox Gaming Services, and related issues in Microsoft PC Manager. These threads explain how attackers can abuse symlink or junction weaknesses to escalate privileges on Windows systems. The content is aimed at IT professionals and security researchers seeking to understand, patch, and detect these elevation-of-privilege flaws.
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    CVE-2025-55247: .NET Link Following Local Privilege Escalation Explained

    Microsoft has published an advisory for CVE-2025-55247, a .NET elevation-of-privilege vulnerability rooted in improper link resolution before file access (commonly called “link following”), which can allow an authorized local user to escalate privileges on affected systems; industry trackers...
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    • .net vulnerability cve 2025 60724 link following privilege escalation
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    CVE-2025-55317: Local Privilege Escalation in MAU via Link Following

    Microsoft has published an advisory identifying CVE-2025-55317, a local elevation-of-privilege flaw in Microsoft AutoUpdate (MAU) caused by improper link resolution before file access — commonly described as a link-following or symlink/junction weakness — that can allow an authorized local...
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    • cve-2025-55317 cybersecurity endpoint security hardening link following local exploit macos mau microsoft autoupdate msrc patch management privilege privilege escalation reparse point security advisory symlinks threat detection update agent vulnerability
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    • Forum: Security Alerts
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    CVE-2024-28916: Xbox Gaming Services link-follow EoP explained

    Title: CVE confusion and the real risk — Xbox Gaming Services “link following” elevation-of-privilege explained Lede Short version for busy admins: the Xbox Gaming Services elevation‑of‑privilege flaw widely discussed in 2024/2025 is indexed publicly as CVE-2024-28916 (CWE‑59: Improper link...
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    • cve-2024-28916 cwe-59 cybersecurity edr elevation of privilege extended security updates gaming services incident response link following link resolution local exploit msrc nvd patch management provider advisories risk mitigation threat hunting vulnerability advisory windows security
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    PC Manager Local Privilege Escalation: Patch, Detect, and Hunt (2025)

    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...
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    • 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
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