Microsoft’s September Patch Tuesday consolidates a large and varied set of fixes: Microsoft shipped updates covering roughly eighty CVEs across 15 product families, with a cluster of Elevation of Privilege (EoP) and Remote Code Execution (RCE) issues dominating the tally and a small set of...
Microsoft’s security feed lists CVE-2025-54917 as a Windows MapUrlToZone “Security Feature Bypass” — a protection-mechanism failure that can let an attacker trick Windows into misclassifying a URL’s zone and thereby bypass zone-based restrictions across the network. This class of flaw sits...
Windows’ long-standing URL zoning system has been shown to contain a dangerous weakness: an improper resolution of path equivalence in the MapUrlToZone API that can allow an attacker to bypass security zoning and make remote or network resources appear more trusted than they are.
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Improper URL Handling: A Deep Dive into CVE-2025-21247
The Windows ecosystem has long relied on a series of legacy APIs to manage security, but even time-tested systems can reveal chinks in the armor. Enter CVE-2025-21247—a security feature bypass vulnerability in the MapUrlToZone API that...
Microsoft has flagged a critical new security vulnerability identifier, CVE-2025-21332, related to MapUrlToZone, a core feature in Windows security architecture. This flaw has been officially acknowledged by the Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC) as of January 14, 2025.
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Heads up, Windows enthusiasts! Microsoft has published critical information regarding CVE-2025-21276, a newly identified Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability tied to the Windows MapUrlToZone feature. This could directly impact systems relying on Windows-specific URL mapping functionalities...
A new vulnerability has surfaced on the Microsoft Security Response Center’s radar, identified as CVE-2025-21189, and everyone who manages or uses a Windows system needs to be paying close attention. While the official description may read like something out of a cryptic IT manual, let’s dive in...
Microsoft’s bustling Security Vulnerability ecosystem has added a brand-new entry: CVE-2025-21328. This is a Security Feature Bypass vulnerability that many may overlook at first glance but has significant implications for Windows environments and secure browsing setups. Here’s everything you...
Microsoft has disclosed a new security vulnerability, designated as CVE-2025-21219, which affects the MapUrlToZone API, a critical Windows security feature. If you’re scratching your head about what all the technical jargon means, don’t worry—I’ll break down what this vulnerability entails, why...