CVE-2025-54109 Windows Defender Firewall Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Summary
What it is: CVE-2025-54109 is an elevation-of-privilege (EoP) vulnerability described by Microsoft as "Access of resource using incompatible type ('type confusion')" in the Windows Defender Firewall...
Title: CVE‑2025‑54093 — Windows TCP/IP Driver TOCTOU Race Condition (Local Elevation of Privilege)
Summary
What it is: A time‑of‑check/time‑of‑use (TOCTOU) race condition in the Windows TCP/IP driver that Microsoft lists as CVE‑2025‑54093. Microsoft’s advisory describes the flaw as a TOCTOU...
Microsoft has assigned CVE-2025-53796 to a newly disclosed vulnerability in the Windows Routing and Remote Access Service (RRAS) that can cause a buffer over‑read / use of an uninitialized resource, allowing an attacker to disclose memory contents over a network; organizations that run RRAS as a...
Title: CVE confusion and the real risk — Xbox Gaming Services “link following” elevation-of-privilege explained
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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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A newly catalogued vulnerability in the Windows Graphics Kernel, tracked as CVE-2025-55236, is a time-of-check/time-of-use (TOCTOU) race condition that Microsoft warns can allow an authorized local attacker to execute code on an affected host; the vendor’s advisory identifies the flaw as a...
CVE-2025-55225 is an out‑of‑bounds read (information‑disclosure) vulnerability in the Windows Routing and Remote Access Service (RRAS) that can allow a remote attacker to cause RRAS to return memory contents it should not disclose.
Overview
What it is: an out‑of‑bounds read /...
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...
CVE-2025-54097 — Windows RRAS Information‑Disclosure Vulnerability
An in‑depth feature for security teams and administrators
Summary
What it is: An out‑of‑bounds read in the Windows Routing and Remote Access Service (RRAS) that can cause RRAS to disclose contents of memory to a remote...
CISA’s September additions to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog — the TP‑Link TL‑WA855RE missing‑authentication flaw (CVE‑2020‑24363) and the WhatsApp incorrect‑authorization weakness (CVE‑2025‑55177) — are a reminder that adversaries continue to exploit both legacy IoT devices...
Microsoft’s follow-up on the August 2025 Windows 11 update controversy closes one public chapter: after an industry-wide probe, Redmond says it found no evidence that the August cumulative update (commonly tracked as KB5063878) caused the cluster of SSD disappearances and failures reported by...
Chromium security teams patched a critical use‑after‑free vulnerability in the ANGLE graphics translation layer tracked as CVE‑2025‑9478, and every Windows and enterprise administrator who manages Chromium‑based browsers — including Microsoft Edge — should verify and deploy the fixes immediately...
A wave of community test results and vendor confirmations this week has put the latest Windows 11 cumulative update under a harsh spotlight: several SSDs can disappear from Windows during sustained, large write operations after installing the August 12, 2025 update (KB5063878), with a...
Microsoft has confirmed that its August 12, 2025 cumulative updates introduced a serious regression that causes severe stuttering, lag, and choppy audio/video in NDI‑based streaming workflows on affected Windows 11 and Windows 10 builds — a defect tied to NDI’s default RUDP (Reliable UDP)...
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Microsoft’s recent clarification of what lands on Windows Insider PCs finally turns the opaque mess of KB numbers and build strings into a readable taxonomy — but the reality behind those labels still matters for anyone who tests, manages, or depends on preview builds. The company’s guidance...
Microsoft has quietly confirmed that a routine August security roll‑out has broken core recovery features on multiple Windows builds, and an out‑of‑band emergency update is imminent to fix failed Reset and Recovery operations for affected platforms. (windowslatest.com)
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Chromium security teams fixed a high‑risk out‑of‑bounds write in the ANGLE graphics translation layer (tracked as CVE‑2025‑8901), and users of Chromium‑based browsers — including Microsoft Edge after Microsoft ingests the Chromium update — must upgrade to the patched builds (Chrome...
Microsoft’s August Patch Tuesday is one of the heavier maintenance cycles of the year: the company released patches addressing well over a hundred vulnerabilities across Windows, Office, Exchange, SQL Server and Azure services, and security teams must triage a short list of immediate priorities...
windows 11 exploit protection Green Check mark done after today's latest security update (image)
I have someone who I am trying to help with there pc basically there saying the checkmark is gone after the update. I can seem to find anywhere where there was a greencheck mark at one time. Can...
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Title: CVE-2025-53788 — What the WSL2 TOCTOU kernel vulnerability means for Windows users (deep technical briefing + practical guidance)
Executive summary
On August 2025’s Patch cycle Microsoft confirmed a Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL2) kernel security fix identified as CVE‑2025‑53788...
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Microsoft’s security advisory for CVE-2025-50157 identifies a Windows Routing and Remote Access Service (RRAS) flaw — described as the “use of an uninitialized resource” — that can allow an attacker to disclose sensitive information over a network; Microsoft has published an update and is urging...