CVE-2025-53138 — RRAS information disclosure: what admins need to know now
By [Your Name], WindowsForum.com — August 12, 2025
Summary
Microsoft’s Security Response Center lists CVE-2025-53138 as an information‑disclosure vulnerability in the Windows Routing and Remote Access Service (RRAS)...
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...
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...
A newly disclosed heap-based buffer overflow in the Windows Routing and Remote Access Service (RRAS) — tracked as CVE-2025-50163 — allows remote, unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code over a network against servers running RRAS, elevating the threat posture for any organization...
Title: CVE-2025-50156 — Windows Routing and Remote Access Service (RRAS) Information Disclosure (Uninitialized Resource)
Executive summary
What happened: An information-disclosure vulnerability (CVE-2025-50156) was reported in Windows Routing and Remote Access Service (RRAS). The flaw is caused...
A critical heap-based buffer overflow in the Windows Routing and Remote Access Service (RRAS) has been disclosed that can allow remote code execution over a network—an unauthenticated attacker can potentially execute arbitrary code on vulnerable systems that have RRAS enabled, making prompt...
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