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    Windows Imaging Component CVE-2025-47980: Info-Disclosure Risk and Patch Guidance

    Below is a detailed, publish-ready technical brief on the Windows Imaging Component information-disclosure issue you asked about. I’ve also checked the public advisories and noticed a likely mismatch in the CVE number you supplied — see the “Note on the CVE number” section first. Note on the CVE...
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    CVE-2025-49692: Azure Arc Connected Machine Agent Elevation of Privilege - Patch & Defend

    CVE-2025-49692 Azure Connected Machine Agent Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability Overview What happened: Microsoft has posted an advisory for CVE‑2025‑49692 describing an improper access control vulnerability in the Azure Connected Machine (Windows Virtual Machine) Agent that can allow an...
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    CVE-2025-47997: SQL Server Race Condition Info-Disclosure — Patch Now

    Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC) advisory describes CVE-2025-47997 as a concurrency (race‑condition) information‑disclosure flaw in Microsoft SQL Server that can be triggered by an authorized user and may allow sensitive memory or data to be leaked over the network; administrators...
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    CVE-2025-55317: Local Privilege Escalation in MAU via Link Following

    Microsoft has published an advisory identifying CVE-2025-55317, a local elevation-of-privilege flaw in Microsoft AutoUpdate (MAU) caused by improper link resolution before file access — commonly described as a link-following or symlink/junction weakness — that can allow an authorized local...
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    Azure Arc Local Privilege Elevation: Patch for CVE-2025-26627 (CVE-2025-55316 Confusion)

    A high‑risk elevation‑of‑privilege vulnerability affecting Microsoft Azure Arc has been disclosed and patched — but the public tracking and identifier details are messy, and administrators must act now to confirm which of their Arc installations are affected, apply vendor fixes, and harden local...
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    CVE-2024-28916: Xbox Gaming Services link-follow EoP explained

    Title: CVE confusion and the real risk — Xbox Gaming Services “link following” elevation-of-privilege explained Lede Short version for busy admins: the Xbox Gaming Services elevation‑of‑privilege flaw widely discussed in 2024/2025 is indexed publicly as CVE-2024-28916 (CWE‑59: Improper link...
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    CVE-2025-55226: Local kernel code execution via Windows Graphics Kernel race condition

    CVE-2025-55226 is a locally exploitable race‑condition vulnerability in the Windows Graphics Kernel that allows an authenticated (local) attacker to achieve code execution in kernel context by inducing concurrent access to a shared graphics subsystem resource without proper synchronization. This...
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    HPC Pack Deserialization Risk: Prepare for Possible RCE (CVE-2025-55232 - unverified)

    Microsoft’s High Performance Compute (HPC) Pack is under scrutiny after a reported deserialization vulnerability that — if the technical description is accurate — would allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code over a networked HPC cluster; however, the specific identifier CVE-2025-55232 could...
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    NTFS Stack Overflow in Windows: Mitigation, Patch, and Detection (2025)

    A newly reported Windows NTFS vulnerability described as a stack-based buffer overflow that “allows an authorized attacker to execute code locally” has raised immediate concern—but the specific CVE identifier you provided (CVE-2025-54916) could not be located in public vendor and vulnerability...
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    PowerPoint Use-After-Free Risks (2025): Verification Gaps, Mitigations, and Defender Playbook

    Microsoft’s advisory link for CVE-2025-54908 points to a PowerPoint use‑after‑free that “allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally,” but that specific CVE number could not be corroborated in public vulnerability trackers at the time of verification; when attempting to load the...
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    CVE-2025-54907: Visio Heap Overflow - Patch and Mitigation Guide

    Microsoft’s Security Response Center has published an advisory for CVE-2025-54907, describing a heap-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Office Visio that can allow an unauthorized attacker to execute code in the context of the user who opens a malicious file. This is a document‑parser...
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    CVE-2025-54904: Excel Use-After-Free Could Allow Local Code Execution

    Microsoft's advisory confirms a use‑after‑free flaw in Microsoft Excel that can lead to local code execution when a specially crafted spreadsheet is opened, creating a potentially serious escalation path on unpatched systems. Overview This vulnerability, tracked as CVE‑2025‑54904, is listed in...
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    CVE-2025-54906: Office Memory-Allocation RCE Risk and Mitigation Guide

    Microsoft has published an advisory for CVE-2025-54906, a Microsoft Office vulnerability described as a “free of memory not on the heap” condition that can lead to local remote‑code‑execution (RCE) when a user opens or previews a specially crafted Office document; Microsoft lists the...
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    Understanding CVE-2025-54902: Excel out-of-bounds read may enable RCE; patch and defenses

    A newly disclosed Microsoft Excel vulnerability tracked as CVE-2025-54902 is an out‑of‑bounds read flaw in Excel’s file‑parsing logic that Microsoft warns could allow an attacker to achieve code execution on a targeted machine when a user opens a specially crafted spreadsheet, and organizations...
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    CVE-2025-54898: Excel Out-of-Bounds Read Risk and Mitigations

    Microsoft’s security tracker lists CVE-2025-54898 as an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in Microsoft Excel that can be triggered by a crafted spreadsheet and may allow an attacker to achieve local code execution when a user opens a malicious file. Background Microsoft Excel remains one of the...
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    CVE-2025-54896: Excel Use-After-Free RCE — Patch Now

    Microsoft has published an advisory for CVE-2025-54896: a use-after-free vulnerability in Microsoft Office Excel that, when exploited via a specially crafted workbook, can lead to code execution in the context of the user who opens the file. This class of bug is a recurring and high-consequence...
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    CVE-2025-54895: Local Privilege Escalation in Windows NEGOEX/SPNEGO

    Microsoft’s advisory for CVE-2025-54895 warns that an integer overflow or wraparound in the SPNEGO Extended Negotiation (NEGOEX) security mechanism can be triggered by an authorized local actor to elevate privileges, turning a legitimate local account into a pathway to SYSTEM-level control if...
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    RRAS Vulnerabilities Threaten Windows VPN Gateways: Patch Now

    A newly disclosed vulnerability affecting Windows' Routing and Remote Access Service (RRAS) can allow remote attackers to execute code against unpatched RRAS hosts — administrators must treat any RRAS-enabled servers exposed to untrusted networks as high-priority for patching, isolation, and...
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    CVE-2025-54101: Remediation for Windows SMBv3 Client Use-After-Free RCE

    Microsoft’s advisory identifies CVE-2025-54101 as a use‑after‑free vulnerability in the Windows SMBv3 Client that can be triggered over a network and may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the affected process. This is a serious client‑side remote code execution (RCE)...
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    Patch and Protect: CVE-2025-53798 RRAS Information Disclosure in Windows

    Microsoft has confirmed CVE-2025-53798 — an information-disclosure vulnerability in the Windows Routing and Remote Access Service (RRAS) — and released a vendor update; administrators who run RRAS must treat exposed RRAS endpoints as high-priority to remediate or isolate until patches are...
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