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local rce
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The local rce tag on WindowsForum.com covers high-priority vulnerabilities that allow attackers to execute code locally on a Windows system. Recent discussions include CVE-2025-58732, a local RCE in Inbox COM Objects affecting IIS and developer tools; CVE-2025-54903, a use-after-free in Microsoft Excel triggered by malicious spreadsheets; CVE-2025-53784, a use-after-free in Microsoft Word via crafted documents; and a command injection risk in AI Copilot tools like GitHub Copilot and Visual Studio. These threads emphasize patching and mitigation for enterprise IT and home users.
Microsoft’s advisory for CVE-2025-58732 identifies an Inbox COM Objects (Global Memory) Remote Code Execution vulnerability that Microsoft has grouped with several other Inbox COM fixes; the vendor’s remediation and corroborating industry reporting make the flaw a confirmed, high-priority local...
Microsoft has published an advisory for CVE-2025-54903, a use‑after‑free vulnerability in Microsoft Excel that can lead to local code execution when a victim opens a specially crafted spreadsheet — a document‑based remote code execution (RCE) risk that should be treated as high priority for both...
A newly disclosed memory-corruption flaw in Microsoft Word—tracked as CVE-2025-53784—has been classified as a use-after-free vulnerability that can allow an attacker to execute code locally when a victim opens or previews a specially crafted document. Microsoft’s Security Update Guide lists this...
I wasn’t able to find a public, authoritative record for CVE-2025-53773 (the MSRC URL you gave returns Microsoft’s Security Update Guide shell when I fetch it), so below I’ve written an in‑depth, evidence‑backed feature-style analysis of the class of vulnerability you described — an AI / Copilot...
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