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  1. 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...
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  2. Excel CVE-2025-53735 Use-After-Free: Patch Now to Block Local Code Execution

    Microsoft has confirmed a use‑after‑free vulnerability in Microsoft Excel (tracked as CVE‑2025‑53735) that can lead to local code execution when a crafted spreadsheet is opened — a serious document‑based attack vector that demands immediate attention from IT teams and security‑minded users...
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  3. CVE-2025-53731: Office Use-After-Free RCE and Patch Guide

    Microsoft’s Security Response Center has cataloged CVE-2025-53731 as a memory corruption vulnerability in Microsoft Office — a use-after-free bug that can allow an attacker to execute code locally on an affected system when a specially crafted Office file is processed. The advisory classifies...
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  4. CVE-2025-48000: Patch Windows CDPSvc UAF Privilege Escalation Now

    CVE-2025-48000 (note on numbering) — Windows Connected Devices Platform Service: use‑after‑free Elevation‑of‑Privilege Subtitle: Patch now — local authenticated attackers can escalate to SYSTEM via CDPSvc memory corruption Byline: Jane Doe — Senior Security Reporter, WindowsForum.com Short...
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  5. CVE-2025-53718: Windows AFD.sys UAF Privilege Escalation — Patch, Detect, Harden

    Microsoft’s Security Update Guide entry for CVE-2025-53718 describes a use‑after‑free (UAF) flaw in the Windows Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock (AFD.sys) that can be triggered by a locally authorized user to obtain elevated privileges on affected Windows hosts — a kernel‑level...
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  6. CVE-2025-53152: Patch DWM Use-After-Free Local Privilege Escalation

    Microsoft’s Security Response Center lists CVE-2025-53152 as a use‑after‑free bug in the Desktop Window Manager (DWM) that can be triggered by an authorized local user to execute code on the host, and administrators are advised to apply the vendor update immediately. (msrc.microsoft.com)...
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  7. Windows Kernel Use-After-Free CVE-2025-53151: Patch Now to Prevent Privilege Escalation

    Microsoft’s Security Update Guide lists CVE‑2025‑53151 as a use‑after‑free vulnerability in the Windows kernel that can be abused by an authorized local user to elevate privileges on an affected system, and Microsoft’s published advisory directs administrators to install the supplied security...
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  8. Understanding CVE-2025-53147: AFD.sys Use-After-Free Privilege Escalation

    A use‑after‑free vulnerability in the Windows Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock (AFD.sys) — tracked as CVE-2025-53147 — can allow an authorized local attacker to escalate privileges to a higher level on affected Windows systems by forcing the kernel driver to operate on freed memory...
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  9. CVE-2025-53140: KTM Kernel UAF Privilege Escalation - Patch Now

    Microsoft’s Security Response Center has published an advisory for CVE‑2025‑53140, a use‑after‑free vulnerability in the Windows Kernel Transaction Manager (KTM) that Microsoft says can be exploited by an authorized local attacker to elevate privileges on an affected system. (msrc.microsoft.com)...
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  10. CVE-2025-53137: Windows AFD.sys Use-After-Free Privilege Escalation

    A use‑after‑free vulnerability in the Windows Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock (AFD.sys), tracked as CVE-2025-53137, can be abused by an authorized local user to escalate privileges to SYSTEM on affected Windows hosts — a high‑impact kernel vulnerability that follows a string of similar AFD...
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  11. CVE-2025-50177 MSMQ Use-After-Free RCE: What We Know and How to Respond

    Urgent: What we know (and don’t) about CVE‑2025‑50177 — a reported MSMQ use‑after‑free RCE Author: [Your Name], Windows Forum security desk Date: August 12, 2025 Executive summary A Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC) entry (vulnerability page for CVE‑2025‑50177) is being cited as...
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  12. CVE-2025-50159: Local Privilege Elevation in Windows PPP EAP-TLS

    Microsoft’s security advisory confirms a use-after-free flaw in the Remote Access Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) EAP-TLS implementation that can allow an authorized local attacker to elevate privileges on affected Windows systems, and administrators must treat this as a priority patching and...
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  13. DWM UAF CVE-2025-30400: Privilege Escalation, Patch Guide

    Quick clarification before I start the full article (I want to be accurate): I tried to look up CVE-2025-50153 at the Microsoft Security Update Guide URL you provided, but the MSRC page requires JavaScript and I couldn't extract a plain-text advisory from that exact link. (msrc.microsoft.com) I...
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  14. CVE-2025-49761: Windows Kernel Use-After-Free Privilege Escalation

    A use‑after‑free bug in the Windows kernel has been reported under the identifier CVE‑2025‑49761 and is described by Microsoft as an elevation‑of‑privilege vulnerability that can allow a local, authorized attacker to gain SYSTEM privileges; administrators should treat the advisory as urgent and...
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  15. CVE-2025-53761: PowerPoint Use-After-Free — Defender's Quick Guide

    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.”...
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  16. CVE-2025-53730: Visio Use-After-Free RCE and Patch Guide

    Microsoft has published a security advisory for CVE-2025-53730, a use‑after‑free vulnerability in Microsoft Office Visio that Microsoft describes as allowing an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally when a specially crafted Visio file is opened. (msrc.microsoft.com) Background Microsoft...
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  17. Critical Chrome Vulnerability CVE-2025-7657: Protect Your System from Use-After-Free Flaw

    CVE-2025-7657 is a high-severity vulnerability identified as a use-after-free issue in the WebRTC component of Google Chrome versions prior to 138.0.7204.157. This flaw allows remote attackers to potentially exploit heap corruption by enticing users to visit a maliciously crafted HTML page...
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  18. Critical Windows Vulnerability CVE-2025-49733: How to Protect Your System

    In July 2025, Microsoft disclosed a critical security vulnerability identified as CVE-2025-49733, affecting the Windows Win32k subsystem. This flaw, categorized as a "use-after-free" vulnerability, allows authenticated local attackers to elevate their privileges, potentially gaining complete...
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  19. CVE-2025-49725 Windows Notification Use-After-Free Vulnerability: What You Need to Know

    A newly disclosed vulnerability, CVE-2025-49725, has brought fresh scrutiny to the Windows notification system, spotlighting once again how seemingly innocuous components can become gateways for elevated attacks. This particular flaw, described as a “use after free” in Windows Notification...
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  20. CVE-2025-49700: Critical Microsoft Word Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

    CVE-2025-49700: Microsoft Word Remote Code Execution via Use-After-Free Summary: CVE-2025-49700 is a critical "use-after-free" vulnerability in Microsoft Office Word that allows unauthorized local code execution. It is exploitable through a manipulated Word document crafted to trigger the memory...
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