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  1. CVE-2025-54910: Office Heap Overflow Leading to Local Code Execution — Patch Guidance

    Microsoft’s Security Update Guide lists CVE-2025-54910 as a heap-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Office that can allow an attacker to execute code locally when a crafted Office document is processed, but the vendor’s advisory requires direct inspection for exact builds and KB identifiers...
  2. CVE-2025-54116: Local Privilege Escalation in Windows MultiPoint Services

    Improper access control in Windows MultiPoint Services (CVE-2025-54116) allows a locally authorized attacker to elevate their privileges on an affected host. (msrc.microsoft.com) Executive summary What it is: CVE-2025-54116 is an elevation-of-privilege (EoP) vulnerability in Microsoft’s Windows...
  3. CVE-2025-53810: Windows Local Privilege Escalation via Type Confusion in a Privileged Service

    Microsoft’s advisory classifies CVE-2025-53810 as a local elevation‑of‑privilege (EoP) in a privileged Windows service that results from “access of resource using incompatible type” (a type‑confusion memory safety bug); Microsoft lists the issue in its Security Update Guide and recommends...
  4. CVE-2025-27490: Windows Bluetooth Privilege Escalation - Threats, Fixes & Detection

    Thanks — quick clarification before I write the full article: I followed the MSRC link you gave (Security Update Guide - Microsoft Security Response Center) and reached Microsoft’s Security Update Guide entry for that identifier. (msrc.microsoft.com) However, public vulnerability trackers and...
  5. CVE-2025-53800: Windows Graphics Component Elevation of Privilege Explained

    Microsoft’s Security Response Guide lists CVE‑2025‑53800 as an Elevation of Privilege in the Windows Graphics Component that can be triggered by an authorized local attacker, but the publicly available advisory lacks full technical detail and additional contextual data remains limited at the...
  6. Mitigating DirectX Kernel Race Conditions and Local EoP Risks (CVE-2025-55223)

    Microsoft’s advisory listing for a DirectX Graphics Kernel race-condition that could permit local elevation of privilege — referenced by the CVE identifier the user provided (CVE-2025-55223) — cannot be located in Microsoft’s public Security Update Guide pages that are accessible without...
  7. 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...
  8. 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. (msrc.microsoft.com) Overview This vulnerability, tracked as...
  9. 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 (Security Update Guide - Microsoft Security Response Center) but the Security Update Guide is rendered dynamically and I couldn’t extract the advisory text from...
  10. 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. (msrc.microsoft.com) Background Microsoft Excel...
  11. CVE-2025-54111: Local Privilege Escalation in Windows DatePickerFlyout (UI XAML)

    CVE-2025-54111 — Windows UI XAML Phone DatePickerFlyout: Use‑After‑Free Leads to Local Privilege Escalation By [Your Name], WindowsForum.com — Sep 9, 2025 Summary Microsoft has assigned CVE‑2025‑54111 to a use‑after‑free vulnerability in the Windows UI XAML Phone DatePickerFlyout control. The...
  12. 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...
  13. Dynamics 365 FastTrack Info-Disclosure: CVE-2025-49715 Advisory

    Microsoft has published an advisory for an information‑disclosure flaw affecting Dynamics 365 FastTrack Implementation Assets that can allow an attacker to disclose private personal information over a network — but the public record and vendor sources show a mismatch in the CVE identifier, so...
  14. CVE-2025-55242: Xbox Info-Disclosure - What Admins Must Do Now

    Title: CVE-2025-55242 — "Xbox Certification Bug / Copilot Django" Information-Disclosure: what admins need to know and do now TL;DR Microsoft has published a Security Update Guide entry for CVE-2025-55242 describing an information‑disclosure bug that can cause the exposure of sensitive...
  15. August 2025 Patch Tuesday: Kerberos EoP, Graphics RCEs, and Urgent Windows Fixes

    Microsoft’s August Patch Tuesday closed a dangerous mix of high‑impact remote code execution (RCE) flaws and a publicly disclosed Kerberos elevation‑of‑privilege (EoP) vulnerability that together raise the operational urgency for domain controllers, document‑processing servers, and any service...
  16. August Patch Tuesday 2025: Critical Windows fixes and Kerberos CVE-2025-53779

    Microsoft’s August Patch Tuesday delivered a heavy-duty security package this month — industry tallies vary between 107 and 111 vulnerabilities, including a publicly disclosed Kerberos elevation-of-privilege issue (CVE‑2025‑53779) and roughly a dozen other critical remote‑code‑execution (RCE)...
  17. CVE-2025-50155: Local Privilege Escalation in Windows Push Notifications (Type Confusion)

    Microsoft’s Security Response Center (MSRC) has cataloged CVE-2025-50155 as an Elevation of Privilege (EoP) vulnerability in the Windows Push Notifications Apps component described as “Access of resource using incompatible type (‘type confusion’).” The issue allows an authorized local attacker —...
  18. CVE-2025-53778 NTLM Privilege Elevation: Patch Now and Harden Authentication

    Microsoft’s Security Update Guide lists CVE-2025-53778 as an improper authentication vulnerability in the Windows NTLM implementation that can allow an authorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network, and administrators should treat it as a high-priority authentication risk until every...
  19. CVE-2025-53739: Excel Type-Confusion RCE — Mitigation and Patch Guide

    Microsoft’s Security Response Center has published an advisory listing CVE-2025-53739 — an Excel vulnerability described as “Access of resource using incompatible type (‘type confusion’)” that can lead to code execution when a crafted spreadsheet is processed by the desktop client...
  20. CVE-2025-53734: Visio Use-After-Free RCE - Patch Now to Prevent Exploitation

    Microsoft has confirmed a use‑after‑free vulnerability in Microsoft Office Visio — tracked as CVE‑2025‑53734 — that can be triggered when a user opens a specially crafted Visio file and may allow an attacker to execute code in the context of the current user; Microsoft’s advisory entry is live...