Microsoft’s Security Update Guide entry for the StateRepository API points to a missing authorization check that can be abused by a locally authorized attacker to tamper with files and escalate privileges — but there’s an important CVE-number mismatch in public reporting that every admin must...
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I checked public vulnerability databases and Microsoft’s Security Update Guide but could not find any record for the exact identifier CVE‑2025‑53133. Microsoft and NVD list several recent PrintWorkflowUserSvc issues (for example CVE‑2024‑49095 and a pair...
Microsoft has confirmed CVE-2025-53132 — a race‑condition elevation‑of‑privilege vulnerability in the Windows Win32k – GRFX component — and administrators must treat affected hosts as high‑priority patch targets while applying layered mitigations to reduce immediate risk. (msrc.microsoft.com)...
We are in the process of upgrading endpoints in our environment to Windows 11. We have over 150 to do, with around 40 complete so far. Of the 40 we’ve done to date, we’ve have the following issue with 4 of them.
MPSSVC (Windows Defender Firewall Service) is ‘Running’ as intended before running...
When the doors opened on the first day of Pwn2Own Berlin 2025, few could have predicted just how quickly and decisively some of the world’s most widely used enterprise operating systems would fall to the creative might of leading security researchers. Within hours, Windows 11 and Red Hat...
Windows updates are notorious for their unexpected quirks, and the latest Windows 10 update error is no exception. In the ever-evolving landscape of Microsoft's operating systems, even the most routine patches can come with a side of headache-inducing error codes. Recent reports about the...
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Revision Note: V2.0 (December 11, 2012): Added the KB2687627 and KB2687497 updates described in MS12-043, the KB2687501 and KB2687510 updates described in MS12-057, the KB2687508 update described in MS12-059, and the KB2726929 update described in MS12-060 to the list of...