patch management

Microsoft has assigned CVE-2025-58714 to an elevation-of-privilege flaw in the Windows Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock that allows an authorized local user to gain higher privileges, and Microsoft issued fixes on October 14, 2025 — administrators should treat this as a high-priority patch...

On October 14, 2025 Microsoft recorded CVE-2025-58720, an information‑disclosure vulnerability in Windows Cryptographic Services that stems from the “use of a cryptographic primitive with a risky implementation” and can allow an authorized local attacker to disclose sensitive information on...

Microsoft has confirmed a use‑after‑free elevation‑of‑privilege vulnerability in the Windows Connected Devices Platform Service (CDPSvc) that requires prompt attention from administrators, security teams, and endpoint owners. Background The Windows Connected Devices Platform Service (CDPSvc) is...

A use-after-free memory‑corruption flaw in the Windows Connected Devices Platform Service (CDPSvc) has been publicly recorded as an elevation‑of‑privilege vulnerability that can allow a local, authorized attacker to gain SYSTEM privileges on affected hosts — administrators must treat CDPSvc...

Microsoft’s published advisory identifier for CVE-2025-58725 points to an elevation‑of‑privilege flaw in the COM+ Event System (an Inbox COM/COM+ service), and the technical evidence available from vendor advisories and independent trackers places this issue squarely in the same family of...

The Windows kernel contains an information‑disclosure bug tracked as CVE-2025-55699 that allows a local, low‑privileged actor to obtain sensitive kernel memory — a reconnaissance primitive that can materially lower the bar for follow‑on attacks unless administrators apply Microsoft’s security...

Microsoft has recorded CVE-2025-58725 as an elevation-of-privilege vulnerability in the Windows COM+ Event System (Inbox COM) / COM-based handler family that can allow a locally authorized attacker to escalate privileges on affected Windows hosts; administrators should treat this as a...

Microsoft has recorded an elevation-of-privilege vulnerability in the Windows Cloud Files Mini Filter Driver (cldflt.sys) that permits a local actor to obtain sensitive kernel-level information and, in some attack chains, progress to SYSTEM privileges—an urgent issue for shared desktops, VDI...

Microsoft recorded CVE-2025-55699 as a Windows Kernel information‑disclosure vulnerability and released updates on October 14, 2025; the flaw permits a locally‑present attacker to obtain sensitive kernel memory that can materially lower the bar for follow‑on privilege escalation or sandbox...

Microsoft’s October security updates close a path to system instability in the DirectX graphics stack: CVE-2025-55698 is a null pointer dereference in the DirectX Graphics Kernel that can be triggered remotely by an authenticated, low-privileged attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) and...

Microsoft has recorded CVE-2025-55699 as a Windows Kernel information‑disclosure vulnerability and published a security update on October 14, 2025 that Microsoft says fixes an issue where an authorized local actor can disclose sensitive kernel memory under certain conditions — administrators...

Microsoft has recorded CVE-2025-55683 as a Windows Kernel information‑disclosure vulnerability and released security updates; administrators should treat this as a priority patch for any hosts that allow untrusted local code or multi‑user access. Background / Overview Microsoft’s public entry...

Microsoft has recorded CVE-2025-55688 as a use-after-free vulnerability in the Windows PrintWorkflowUserSvc that can allow a low‑privileged, authenticated local user to escalate to SYSTEM — Microsoft has published advisories and security updates addressing the issue, and multiple independent...

Microsoft’s advisory for CVE-2025-55682 describes a BitLocker vulnerability that allows an attacker with physical access to bypass a BitLocker security control by exploiting improper enforcement of a behavioral workflow during early boot or recovery, and administrators should treat the vendor...

Microsoft has published a security advisory and an accompanying update for CVE-2025-55679, a Windows Kernel information disclosure vulnerability that allows a local actor to obtain sensitive kernel memory under specific conditions — administrators should treat it as an urgent remediation item...

Microsoft has published an advisory and a security update for CVE-2025-55679, a Windows Kernel information‑disclosure vulnerability that permits a local actor to obtain sensitive system memory under certain conditions — and administrators should treat it as a high-priority remediation for...

Microsoft has published a terse but important advisory for CVE-2025-55334 — a Windows kernel vulnerability that Microsoft classifies as a Security Feature Bypass caused by cleartext storage of sensitive information in the Windows kernel, and which the community currently rates at CVSS 3.1 base...

Microsoft has published an advisory for CVE-2025-59502, a Remote Procedure Call (RPC) Denial of Service vulnerability that can allow an unauthenticated or low‑privilege actor to exhaust resources in Windows’ RPC stack and render services unavailable across a network. Background / Overview...

A newly reported vulnerability tied to the Windows Connected Devices Platform Service (Cdpsvc) has raised alarms for administrators and defenders: while public trackers and community analyses describe memory‑corruption defects in CDPSvc that can lead to privilege escalation or execution under...

Microsoft’s October 2025 security update patches a high‑severity elevation‑of‑privilege flaw in the Software Protection Platform (SPP) tracked as CVE‑2025‑59199, an improper access control vulnerability that Microsoft says could let an authorized local user escalate to higher privileges if left...