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...
CVE-2025-53740 — Microsoft Office “use‑after‑free” (local code execution)
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Summary (tl;dr)
CVE-2025-53740 is reported by Microsoft as a use‑after‑free (CWE‑416) memory‑corruption flaw in Microsoft Office that can allow an attacker...
Below is a plain‑language, technical, and operational writeup you can use to brief engineers, SOC, and leadership about CVE‑2025‑53728 (Microsoft Dynamics 365 — on‑premises) and what to do next. I’ve cited the vendor advisory you provided and independent sources where available, and I’ve...
Microsoft’s Security Response Guide flags a null-pointer dereference in the Windows Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock (AFD.sys) that, when reached by a local, authorized user, can be weaponized into an elevation‑of‑privilege to SYSTEM — a high‑impact kernel vulnerability that demands...
Headline: Urgent patch: CVE-2025-53145 — a type‑confusion RCE in Microsoft Message Queuing (MSMQ)
Summary / lede
Microsoft has published an advisory for CVE-2025-53145 — an access‑of‑resource using incompatible type (so‑called “type confusion”) vulnerability in Windows Message Queuing (MSMQ)...
Microsoft has published an advisory for CVE-2025-53144, a vulnerability in Windows Message Queuing (MSMQ) described as an access of resource using incompatible type (a type confusion) that can allow an authorized attacker to execute code over a network; administrators should treat it as...
CVE-2025-53143 — What Windows administrators need to know about the new MSMQ “type confusion” RCE
Summary (tl;dr)
Microsoft has published a security advisory for CVE-2025-53143: an access-of-resource-using-incompatible-type (a “type confusion”) bug in Microsoft Message Queuing (MSMQ) that can...
Title: What sysadmins need to know about the WinSock AFD race-condition EoP entry you sent (CVE-2025-53134) — situation, risk, and what to do now
Executive summary
You sent the MSRC URL for CVE-2025-53134 (Windows Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock — race condition / improper synchronization...
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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...
Title: CVE‑2025‑50173 — Windows Installer “Weak Authentication” Elevation‑of‑Privilege: What admins need to know and do now
Summary
Microsoft lists CVE‑2025‑50173 as an elevation‑of‑privilege vulnerability in Windows Installer. The vendor description summarizes the issue as “weak authentication...
Microsoft has published an advisory for CVE-2025-50169, a race-condition flaw in the Windows SMB implementation that Microsoft says can allow an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a network by exploiting concurrent access to a shared resource with improper synchronization. The...
A newly disclosed vulnerability in the Windows Distributed Transaction Coordinator (MSDTC) — tracked as CVE-2025-50166 — stems from an integer overflow or wraparound in the MSDTC code path and can allow an authorized attacker to disclose memory-resident information over a network connection...
A critical heap-based buffer overflow in the Windows Routing and Remote Access Service (RRAS) — tracked as CVE-2025-50160 by Microsoft — allows an attacker who can reach a vulnerable RRAS instance over the network to achieve remote code execution in the context of the service, with the potential...
Title: CVE-2025-50156 — Windows Routing and Remote Access Service (RRAS) Information Disclosure (Uninitialized Resource)
Executive summary
What happened: An information-disclosure vulnerability (CVE-2025-50156) was reported in Windows Routing and Remote Access Service (RRAS). The flaw is caused...
Title: CVE-2025-49743 — Windows Graphics Component race-condition allows local privilege escalation: what admins need to know and do now
Summary
What it is: CVE-2025-49743 is an elevation-of-privilege (EoP) vulnerability in the Microsoft Graphics Component caused by a race condition (concurrent...
Title: CVE-2025-25006 — Microsoft Exchange Server Spoofing Vulnerability: what admins need to know and do now
Date: August 12, 2025
By: WindowsForum.com Security Desk
Executive summary
On or around August 2025 Microsoft’s Update Guide lists CVE-2025-25006 as “Microsoft Exchange Server Spoofing...
Title: CVE-2025-53761 — Use‑After‑Free in Microsoft PowerPoint (Local Code Execution) — What defenders need to know now
Summary (TL;DR)
Microsoft lists CVE-2025-53761 as a use‑after‑free vulnerability in Microsoft Office PowerPoint that “allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally.”...
A heap‑based buffer overflow found in Microsoft Excel, tracked as CVE‑2025‑53741, has been published in Microsoft's Security Update Guide as a vulnerability that can allow an attacker to execute code on a victim machine when a crafted spreadsheet is opened; administrators and users should treat...
Note: you supplied the MSRC page for CVE-2025-49758 (Security Update Guide - Microsoft Security Response Center). I attempted to programmatically fetch the MSRC content but the page is rendered with JavaScript and I could not retrieve the full advisory text automatically. Below I’ve written a...
Maintaining a Virtual Private Server (VPS) is less a one-off setup task and more an ongoing discipline: apply updates on schedule, lock down access, automate backups, monitor performance, and test recovery so your services stay fast, available, and secure. The practical, seven‑point playbook...