Elevation Of Privilege
The latest Elevation Of Privilege coverage — news, analysis, and updates from the WindowsNews.AI desk.
Critical Local Privilege Escalation Bug in Windows DWM Fixed: Here’s What You Need to Know
Microsoft has patched a serious local privilege escalation vulnerability in the Windows Desktop Window Manager (DWM) Core Library, tracked as CVE-2025-53801, that could allow an attacker with a basic...
CVE-2025-49692: Azure Connected Machine Agent Vulnerability Demands Immediate Patching
Microsoft has released a security update to address a critical elevation-of-privilege vulnerability (CVE-2025-49692) in the Azure Connected Machine agent, the software component that enables Azure...
Patch Now: Xbox Gaming Services CVE-2024-28916 Lets Low-Privilege Attackers Escalate to SYSTEM
A critical elevation-of-privilege vulnerability in Microsoft’s Xbox Gaming Services component, tracked as CVE-2024-28916, has been patched, but not before a public proof-of-concept demonstrated how...
Hyper-V PowerShell Direct Flaw Lets Attackers Impersonate Admins, Microsoft Urges Patching
Microsoft has disclosed a new elevation-of-privilege vulnerability (CVE-2025-49734) in Windows Hyper-V’s PowerShell Direct feature that lets a locally authenticated attacker with low privileges...
Azure Networking EoP Flaw CVE-2025-54914: Immediate Hardening Steps for Hybrid Cloud Teams
Microsoft’s Security Response Center (MSRC) has published an advisory for CVE-2025-54914, an elevation-of-privilege vulnerability in Azure Networking that could allow attackers with minimal...
Microsoft Confirms KB5063878 Update Breaks Per-User App Installs, Issues KIR Fix
Microsoft has confirmed that the August 2025 cumulative update KB5063878 for Windows 11 24H2 introduces a compatibility regression that prevents standard (non‑admin) users from completing...
Windows Server Security: BeyondTrust's 10-Year Report Uncovers Recurring RCE and EoP Threats
A decade of Microsoft security bulletins reveals a stubborn truth: the same handful of vulnerability classes keep hammering Windows Server environments, and defenders who ignore these patterns do so...
Kerberos Bug, Graphics RCEs Top Microsoft’s 111-Fix August Patch Tuesday
Microsoft’s August 2025 Patch Tuesday landed on August 12 with a hefty 111 vulnerability fixes, marking one of the largest monthly releases in recent memory. A dozen of these are marked critical,...
CVE-2025-50155: Critical Windows Push Notifications EoP Flaw Exposes Systems to Full Takeover
A serious elevation-of-privilege vulnerability in Windows Push Notifications has been cataloged as CVE-2025-50155 by Microsoft, giving authenticated local attackers a clear path to SYSTEM-level...
Windows Admins: CVE-2025-53778 Is a Patch-Now NTLM Privilege Escalation That Threatens Entire Domains
Microsoft has silently added CVE-2025-53778 to its Security Update Guide, flagging a improper authentication flaw in the Windows NTLM implementation that permits an authorized attacker to elevate...
Windows Notification Use‑After‑Free Vulnerability (CVE‑2025‑49725) Grants Attackers SYSTEM Privileges
Microsoft has patched a critical use‑after‑free vulnerability in the Windows Notification subsystem that could allow an authenticated local attacker to escalate privileges to SYSTEM. Tracked as...
Critical SQL Server Vulnerability Enables Admin Escalation Over the Network
Microsoft has released a security advisory for CVE-2025-24999, a network-exploitable elevation-of-privilege flaw in Microsoft SQL Server that could allow an attacker with limited database access to...