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  1. CISA Adds Three Exploited CVEs to KEV Catalog: IE, Excel, WinRAR (2025)

    CISA’s latest update places three long‑standing and newly discovered flaws squarely in the crosshairs of enterprise defenders, adding CVE‑2013‑3893 (Internet Explorer), CVE‑2007‑0671 (Microsoft Excel), and CVE‑2025‑8088 (WinRAR) to the agency’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog on...
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  2. CVE-2025-49736: Edge for Android UI Spoofing — Impact & Patch Guide

    CVE-2025-49736 — Microsoft Edge (Chromium) for Android: UI‑spoofing / “UI performs the wrong action” vulnerability A deep-dive explainer, impact assessment, and practical mitigation checklist Summary Microsoft’s Security Update Guide lists CVE‑2025‑49736 as affecting Microsoft Edge...
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  3. Urgent CVE-2025-53793: Azure Stack Hub Info Disclosure — Admin Actions

    Title: Urgent: CVE-2025-53793 — Azure Stack Hub “Improper Authentication” Information Disclosure (what admins need to know and do) Lede Microsoft has published an advisory for CVE-2025-53793 describing an “improper authentication” vulnerability in Azure Stack Hub that can allow an...
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  4. CVE-2025-53736: Word Buffer Over-Read Information Disclosure—Patch Now

    Microsoft’s Security Update Guide lists CVE-2025-53736 as a Microsoft Word information-disclosure vulnerability caused by a buffer over-read in Word that can allow an unauthorized local actor to read memory and disclose sensitive information on a victim machine; administrators are strongly...
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  5. CVE-2025-53724: Type Confusion in Windows Push Notifications Causes Local Privilege Escalation

    Microsoft’s security advisory identifies CVE-2025-53724 as an elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Windows Push Notifications Apps component that stems from an access of resource using incompatible type (type confusion); when triggered by a locally authorized user, the bug can be abused...
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  6. CVE-2025-53153: Mitigating Windows RRAS Information Disclosure Now

    Title: CVE-2025-53153 — Windows RRAS "Uninitialized Resource" Information-Disclosure: What admins need to know and do now Summary CVE-2025-53153 is an information-disclosure vulnerability in Microsoft’s Routing and Remote Access Service (RRAS). According to Microsoft, the issue stems from the...
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  7. 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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  8. 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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  9. 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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  10. CVE-2025-50173: Windows Installer Local EoP — What Admins Must Do Now

    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...
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  11. CVE-2025-50166: MSDTC Overflow Info Disclosure and Patch Guide

    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...
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  12. CVE-2025-50164: Windows RRAS Heap Overflow — Urgent Admin Guidance

    CVE-2025-50164 — Heap-based buffer overflow in Windows RRAS: what admins need to know now TL;DR: Microsoft lists CVE-2025-50164 as a heap-based buffer‑overflow in the Windows Routing and Remote Access Service (RRAS) that can lead to remote code execution. Administrators should treat this as...
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  13. CVE-2025-49762: AFD.sys Race Condition Enables Local Privilege Escalation

    A recently published Microsoft advisory warns that CVE-2025-49762 — a race-condition flaw in the Windows Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock (AFD.sys) — can allow a locally authorized attacker to elevate privileges by exploiting concurrent execution using a shared resource with improper...
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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-2025-25006: Exchange Server Spoofing - What Admins Must Do Now

    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...
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  16. SQL Server CVE-2025-24999: Elevation of Privilege via Improper Access Control

    Microsoft has posted an advisory for CVE-2025-24999, an Elevation of Privilege (EoP) vulnerability affecting Microsoft SQL Server that Microsoft characterizes as an improper access control issue which can allow an authorized but lower-privilege user to elevate their privileges across the...
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  17. Critical Security Flaw CVE-2025-53767 in Azure OpenAI: What You Need to Know

    A critical security vulnerability, identified as CVE-2025-53767, has been discovered in Microsoft's Azure OpenAI service, potentially allowing attackers to escalate their privileges within affected systems. This flaw underscores the importance of robust security measures in cloud-based AI...
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  18. Critical Filesystem Vulnerability CVE-2025-8580 Fixed in Chromium-Based Browsers like Edge

    Chromium-based browsers, including Microsoft Edge, are once again in the spotlight as CVE-2025-8580—a critical filesystem vulnerability—has been patched in the upstream Chromium project. Microsoft’s prompt response highlights how the Edge team continues to rapidly adopt security fixes from...
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  19. Urgent CISA Directive Targets Microsoft Exchange Hybrid Vulnerability CVE-2025-53786

    A sweeping emergency order from the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has intensified the cybersecurity spotlight on Microsoft Exchange, following the disclosure of a fresh and serious vulnerability. On August 7th, 2025, CISA issued Emergency Directive 25-02 in direct...
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  20. critical ICS cybersecurity updates: new CISA advisories and defenses in 2025

    A sweeping wave of cybersecurity advisories has surged through the industrial sector as the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) unveiled ten new Industrial Control Systems (ICS) advisories on August 7, 2025. This release zeroes in on a wide spectrum of vulnerabilities...
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