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Microsoft has published an advisory for CVE-2025-55325, a buffer over‑read (information‑disclosure) vulnerability in the Windows Storage Management Provider that allows an authorized local attacker with low privileges to read sensitive memory and potentially harvest secrets — and administrators...

Microsoft’s advisory that CVE-2025-50174 is an elevation‑of‑privilege vulnerability in the Windows Device Association Broker Service confirms a real, exploitable weakness that administrators should treat as high priority for patching and remediation across affected Windows builds. Background /...

Microsoft’s Security Update Guide lists CVE-2025-59204 as an information‑disclosure issue tied to the Windows Management Service, a privileged management‑plane component, and the advisory (as published in Microsoft’s interactive MSRC update guide) frames the vulnerability as presenting an...

The Microsoft Security Update Guide has recorded CVE-2025-55676 as an information‑disclosure flaw in the Windows USB Video Class (UVC) System Driver that can cause an error message to reveal sensitive kernel or system data to a local, authorized actor—making it a local information‑leak...

Microsoft’s security tracking shows a confirmed vulnerability in the Windows PrintWorkflowUserSvc: a use‑after‑free flaw that can be triggered by a local, authorized attacker to gain elevated privileges on a vulnerable host — CVE‑2025‑55689 — and Microsoft has issued updates to address it...

A use‑after‑free vulnerability in the Windows Connected Devices Platform Service (CDPSvc) — tracked as CVE‑2025‑58719 — allows an authorized local attacker to elevate privileges on affected machines by forcing the service to reuse freed memory in a way that corrupts execution flow...

Microsoft has removed the legacy Agere soft‑modem driver (ltmdm64.sys) from supported Windows images after identifying an elevation‑of‑privilege vulnerability tracked as CVE‑2025‑24990, and that removal was shipped in the October 2025 cumulative updates; any fax or analog modem hardware that...

Microsoft has published an advisory for an elevation-of-privilege issue tied to the Microsoft Brokering File System (BFS) family of bugs, and a CVE identifier reported to you (CVE-2025-48004) appears to be part of that broader set of BFS EoP disclosures in 2025 — however, the public record for...

Microsoft’s recent support guidance pulls two threads of its long-running authentication hardening effort into sharp relief: just-in-time administrator elevation on endpoints and aggressive Kerberos protocol tightening across Active Directory estates. Both moves are targeted at the same root...

Microsoft’s Security Update Guide lists a new entry, CVE-2025-55322, that ties a remote code execution (RCE) risk to a component identified as “OmniParser,” but the public record around this CVE remains sparse and unevenly corroborated — meaning defenders must treat the report with caution while...

Defender is present in the taskbar and system tray, and Task Manager says it's running, but when I click on it on the taskbar, it doesn't maximize. I've also tried cycling through windows using Task View, which also shows it's open, but, again, clicking on it does not bring it up like a normal...

Google pushed an emergency Chrome update to address CVE-2025-10585, a type confusion vulnerability in the V8 JavaScript engine that Google says is being actively exploited in the wild — and because Microsoft Edge is Chromium-based, Windows users and enterprises must confirm their Edge builds...

Short answer up front — I can write the 2,000+ word WindowsForum.com feature you asked for, but I need one quick clarification before I start: I can't find any public record for CVE‑2025‑59220. Public trackers and vendor records instead show multiple Windows “Bluetooth Service”...

Windows 11 ships with a lot of useful functionality — and a lot of defaults that many users find noisy, intrusive, or simply unnecessary. A recent community write-up that recommends three Group Policy tweaks — turning off Microsoft Defender, disabling toast notifications, and preventing OneDrive...

For years the reflex was simple: buy a third‑party antivirus suite and assume you were safer — but the calculus has shifted. A growing number of users and reviewers now say you can reasonably ditch paid antivirus software and rely on the built‑in protections in Windows Security (Microsoft...

Enable Controlled Folder Access & Whitelist Apps to Protect Against Ransomware (Win10/11) Difficulty: Intermediate | Time Required: 15 minutes Introduction Ransomware encrypts or locks your files and demands payment to restore them. Controlled Folder Access (CFA) is a built‑in Windows Defender...

Windows’ built‑in protection is usually a silent, helpful bodyguard — but when Microsoft Defender (Windows Security) quarantines or removes a file you know is safe, it can suddenly become a workflow blocker. This guide explains why Defender removes files, how to safely prevent automatic...

CVE-2025-49728 — Microsoft PC Manager: Cleartext storage of sensitive information (Security‑feature bypass, local) Summary (TL;DR) Microsoft has assigned CVE‑2025‑49728 to a vulnerability in Microsoft PC Manager where sensitive information is stored in cleartext, enabling a local, unauthorized...

The Downadup/Conficker worm’s sudden surge in early 2009 forced a brutal reminder onto the Windows ecosystem: unpatched systems and lax patch management can turn ordinary desktops and servers into the backbone of a global botnet in a matter of days. Background Microsoft released an out‑of‑cycle...

Windows 11’s September Patch Tuesday cumulative, KB5065426 (OS Build 26100.6584), has been linked to widespread file- and print-sharing failures on some machines, with multiple community threads and Microsoft Q&A posts reporting disabled sharing settings, networks switching from Private to...