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...
cve-2025-55317
cybersecurity
endpoint security
hardening
link following
local exploit
macos
mau
microsoft autoupdate
msrc
patch management
privilege escalation
privilege management
reparse point
security advisory
symlink
threat detection
update agent
vulnerability
I have had this issue several times although have only just worked out the cause.
I am running windows 7 with the system drive on an SSD drive. During install I created several Symlink directories to relocate them onto the large HDD.
Out of nowhere (i know), some application stop...
On almost every version of the "Microsoft Lifecam" web camera, there is a call button on the device. The device is usually very small, and upon hitting the call button, you will have a program launched over and over again, in quite an annoying fashion, which can never be closed, called...
I'm trying to set up a development environment at work. I'm the only one using Windows. Others have the environment set up on Linux and Mac. I'm hoping this is possible but I'm stuck on one particular issue that is driving me crazy!
I need to connect to a shared network drive via NFS. I...
access issues
administrator
development
error
file sharing
home office
jungle disk
local security
mapped drives
mklink
network drive
nfs
permissions
privileges
symlink
troubleshooting
uac
windows 7
windows configuration