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  1. CVE-2025-55224: Windows Win32K GRFX Race Condition and Local EoP Patch Guide

    Microsoft’s advisory for CVE-2025-55224 describes a concurrency flaw in the Windows kernel graphics component (Win32K — GRFX) that can be manipulated by an authorized local actor to gain code execution or elevate privileges on an affected system; the bug is a race condition (improper...
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  2. CVE-2025-53808: Local Privilege Escalation in Windows Defender Firewall

    Microsoft’s Security Update Guide lists CVE-2025-53808 as an Elevation of Privilege vulnerability in the Windows Defender Firewall Service that stems from an “access of resource using incompatible type” (commonly called type confusion), and the vendor warns that a locally authorized attacker...
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  3. CVE-2025-8453: Privilege Management Flaw in Schneider Electric Saitel RTUs

    Schneider Electric has published an advisory—republished by CISA—about an improper privilege management vulnerability in its Saitel family of Remote Terminal Units (RTUs) that has been assigned CVE‑2025‑8453 and carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 6.7, affecting Saitel DR RTU firmware versions...
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  4. CVE-2025-48000: Patch Windows CDPSvc UAF Privilege Escalation Now

    CVE-2025-48000 (note on numbering) — Windows Connected Devices Platform Service: use‑after‑free Elevation‑of‑Privilege Subtitle: Patch now — local authenticated attackers can escalate to SYSTEM via CDPSvc memory corruption Byline: Jane Doe — Senior Security Reporter, WindowsForum.com Short...
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  5. CVE-2025-50176: DirectX Kernel Type-Confusion RCE – Patch Now

    CVE-2025-50176 — DirectX Graphics Kernel Type‑Confusion RCE Author: Security Analysis Desk — August 12, 2025 TL;DR CVE-2025-50176 is a type‑confusion vulnerability in the DirectX Graphics Kernel (dxgkrnl / DirectX graphics subsystem) that Microsoft categorizes as enabling local...
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