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    CVE-2025-59189 Use-After-Free in Microsoft BFS: Local Privilege Escalation

    Microsoft has published an advisory for CVE-2025-59189, a high‑severity local elevation‑of‑privilege (EoP) bug in the Microsoft Brokering File System (BFS) that Microsoft and multiple independent trackers classify as a use‑after‑free memory corruption enabling a local attacker to escalate to...
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    CVE-2025-55678: Windows DirectX Kernel Use After Free Privilege Escalation

    Microsoft's advisory for CVE-2025-55678 describes a use‑after‑free defect in the Windows DirectX Graphics Kernel that allows an authenticated local user to escalate privileges on affected systems, and the operational risk is high for multi‑user hosts, VDI/RDP infrastructure, and any service that...
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    CVE-2025-55240: Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Explained and Patch Guide

    Microsoft has recorded an Elevation of Privilege vulnerability in Visual Studio tracked as CVE‑2025‑55240, a high‑severity bug that allows an authorized local user to gain greater privileges on an affected machine — a classic privilege escalation vector that demands immediate attention from...
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    Patch Now: CVE-2025-59235 Excel Out-of-Bounds Read (High)

    Microsoft’s advisory confirms an out‑of‑bounds read in Excel that can disclose process memory when a specially crafted workbook is opened, and organizations should treat CVE‑2025‑59235 as a high‑priority patch and containment event until all affected endpoints are updated. Background Microsoft...
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    Windows Bluetooth Service CVEs 2025: Heap Overflow (27490) & UAF (53802) Explained

    Short answer up front — I can write the 2,000+ word WindowsForum.com feature you asked for, but I need one quick clarification before I start: I can't find any public record for CVE‑2025‑59220. Public trackers and vendor records instead show multiple Windows “Bluetooth Service”...
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    CVE-2025-48976 DoS in Siemens IEM-OS: No Patch, Migrate to IEM-V

    Siemens’ Industrial Edge Management OS (IEM‑OS) is exposed to a remotely exploitable denial‑of‑service condition tied to the Apache Commons FileUpload library (tracked as CVE‑2025‑48976), and the vendor’s published guidance makes clear that affected IEM‑OS installs — all reported versions — have...
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    Verifying CVE-2025-54905: Office/Word Untrusted Pointer Dereference & Mitigations

    Thanks — I can write the 2,000+ word feature article, but first a quick verification step. I tried to load the MSRC page you linked but the Security Update Guide is rendered dynamically and I couldn’t extract the advisory text from that URL. I also could not find a matching CVE-2025-54905 entry...
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    CVE-2025-49734: Local Privilege Elevation via PowerShell Direct on Windows Hyper-V

    Microsoft’s Security Update Guide entry for CVE-2025-49734 describes an improper restriction of a communication channel in Windows PowerShell—a flaw in the PowerShell Direct pathway that can let an authorized local attacker elevate privileges on an affected host if the required conditions are...
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    CVE-2025-9866: Chromium Extensions CSP Bypass and Patch Guide

    Google's Chromium project has logged a serious security issue — tracked as CVE-2025-9866 — describing an inappropriate implementation in Extensions that can be weaponized to bypass Content Security Policy (CSP) via a crafted HTML page; Google has issued a Chrome stable update to remediate the...
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    XXE Vulnerability CVE-2025-40584 in Siemens SIMOTION SCOUT and SINAMICS STARTER

    Siemens has disclosed an XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability in multiple versions of SIMOTION SCOUT, SIMOTION SCOUT TIA, and SINAMICS STARTER that can be triggered by specially crafted XML files and may allow an attacker to read arbitrary files from a compromised host; the issue has been...
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    CVE-2025-53731: Office Use-After-Free RCE and Patch Guide

    Microsoft’s Security Response Center has cataloged CVE-2025-53731 as a memory corruption vulnerability in Microsoft Office — a use-after-free bug that can allow an attacker to execute code locally on an affected system when a specially crafted Office file is processed. The advisory classifies...
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    CVE-2025-53730: Visio Use-After-Free RCE and Patch Guide

    Microsoft has published a security advisory for CVE-2025-53730, a use‑after‑free vulnerability in Microsoft Office Visio that Microsoft describes as allowing an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally when a specially crafted Visio file is opened. Background Microsoft Visio is a widely...
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