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    CVE-2025-53779: Kerberos Relative Path Traversal — Urgent Patch Guide

    Microsoft’s security advisory confirms a new Kerberos vulnerability — CVE-2025-53779 — described as a relative path traversal flaw in Windows Kerberos that can be abused by an authorized attacker over a network to elevate privileges, and organizations that rely on Kerberos-based authentication...
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    CVE-2025-53778 NTLM Privilege Elevation: Patch Now and Harden Authentication

    Microsoft’s Security Update Guide lists CVE-2025-53778 as an improper authentication vulnerability in the Windows NTLM implementation that can allow an authorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network, and administrators should treat it as a high-priority authentication risk until every...
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    CVE-2025-53766: GDI+ Heap Overflow and RCE Risk in Windows

    Microsoft’s own Security Update Guide lists a new vulnerability tracked as CVE-2025-53766, described as a heap-based buffer overflow in GDI+ that could allow remote code execution over a network, but independent public records and third‑party databases were not uniformly available at the time of...
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    Microsoft Word Use-After-Free RCE in 2025: CVE-2025-47957 Explained

    I can write that feature article, but a quick verification step first — I could not find any public record for CVE‑2025‑53738 in Microsoft’s Update Guide, NVD, MITRE or other CVE aggregators. I did search MSRC (the link you provided requires JavaScript to render) and public databases for that...
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    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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    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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    CVE-2025-53737: Excel Heap Overflow - Patch, Detect, and Defend

    Quick clarification before I write the 2,000+ word WindowsForum-style article: I searched the files you provided and they repeatedly reference a closely numbered Excel heap‑overflow CVE as CVE‑2025‑53741 (Microsoft’s Security Update Guide entry) rather than CVE‑2025‑53737. c: CVE‑2025‑53737...
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    CVE-2025-53726: Patch Windows Push Notifications Type-Confusion Privilege Escalation

    Microsoft’s advisory for CVE-2025-53726 warns that a type‑confusion bug in the Windows Push Notifications stack can allow an authorized local user to elevate privileges to SYSTEM, and administrators must treat the advisory as a high‑priority patching item while hardening detection and...
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    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. Background Desktop Window...
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    CVE-2025-53148: RRAS Uninitialized Resource Information Disclosure - Detection, Patch & Mitigation

    Title: CVE‑2025‑53148 — What Windows admins need to know about the RRAS “uninitialized resource” information‑disclosure issue (analysis, risk, detection and remediation) Short summary for busy admins You sent the MSRC link for CVE‑2025‑53148 (Routing and Remote Access Service / RRAS). I could...
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    CVE-2025-53144: Patch MSMQ Type Confusion to Prevent Remote Code Execution

    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...
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    CVE-2025-53142: Kernel Use-After-Free in Microsoft BFS Enables Local Privilege Escalation

    Microsoft’s advisory listing for CVE-2025-53142 describes a use‑after‑free flaw in the Microsoft Brokering File System that can allow an authenticated, local attacker to escalate privileges on an affected Windows host — a classic kernel‑level memory corruption that deserves immediate attention...
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    CVE-2025-53141: Null Pointer in AFD.sys Enables Local SYSTEM Elevation (WinSock)

    Microsoft’s advisory confirms that a null pointer dereference in the Windows Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock (AFD.sys) can be triggered by a locally authorized attacker to elevate privileges to SYSTEM, creating a high-impact local elevation-of-privilege (EoP) risk for affected Windows...
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    CVE-2025-53135: DirectX Kernel EoP via Race Condition (dxgkrnl)

    Below is a comprehensive technical brief on CVE-2025-53135 (DirectX Graphics Kernel — elevation of privilege via a race condition). I searched Microsoft’s Security Update Guide and the public vulnerability databases for corroborating information; where vendor-provided details are available I...
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    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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    CVE-2025-50172 DirectX Kernel DoS: Unbounded Resource Allocation

    Microsoft has published an advisory for CVE-2025-50172: a vulnerability in the DirectX Graphics Kernel that permits authorized attackers to cause a denial‑of‑service (DoS) by allocating graphics resources without limits or throttling, potentially disrupting hosts and virtualized workloads that...
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    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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    CVE-2025-50170: Local EoP in Windows Cloud Files Driver (cldflt.sys) Patch Now

    Microsoft has published an advisory for CVE-2025-50170, a local elevation-of-privilege (EoP) vulnerability in the Windows Cloud Files Mini Filter Driver (cldflt.sys) that—when reached by a local, authorized attacker—can be abused to obtain higher privileges on affected machines. The flaw stems...
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    CVE-2025-50168: Windows Win32K ICOMP Type-Confusion Privilege Escalation

    Microsoft has assigned CVE-2025-50168 to a Windows kernel vulnerability in the Win32K ICOMP component described as "Access of resource using incompatible type ('type confusion')" that can allow an authorized local user to elevate privileges; Microsoft’s advisory is published in the Security...
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    CVE-2025-50161: High-Priority Win32K GRFX Privilege-Escalation Patch Guide

    Microsoft's Security Response Center lists CVE-2025-50161 as a heap-based buffer overflow in the Win32K GRFX subsystem that allows an authorized local attacker to elevate privileges, and administrators should treat this as a high-priority patching item for all affected Windows hosts. Background...
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