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The latest Mitigation coverage — news, analysis, and updates from the WindowsNews.AI desk.
Microsoft Patches Critical Type-Confusion Bug in Windows Defender Firewall Service (CVE-2025-54915)
Microsoft has released a patch for CVE-2025-54915, a local privilege escalation vulnerability in the Windows Defender Firewall Service that exploits a type-confusion error. The flaw, described by...
CVE-2025-53810: Urgent Windows Type-Confusion Bug Grants Attackers SYSTEM Access
A type-confusion flaw in a core Windows service, tracked as CVE-2025-53810, allows any authenticated local user to escalate privileges to SYSTEM, Microsoft’s Security Response Center confirmed in a...
Critical Bluetooth Flaw CVE-2025-27490 Patched: Full System Compromise Possible via Airborne Attack
Microsoft’s April 2025 Patch Tuesday included a fix for a critical Bluetooth elevation-of-privilege vulnerability, CVE-2025-27490, that allows an attacker within Bluetooth range to escalate...
CVE-2025-53806: Microsoft Patches RRAS Memory Disclosure Flaw in Windows VPN Servers
Microsoft has disclosed CVE-2025-53806, a new information disclosure vulnerability in the Windows Routing and Remote Access Service (RRAS) that allows attackers to read sensitive memory contents from...
CVE-2025-55243: OfficePlus Spoofing Flaw Exposes Data, Bypasses Scanners
Microsoft has published a security advisory for CVE-2025-55243, a spoofing vulnerability in Microsoft OfficePlus that can lead to the exposure of sensitive information and enable attackers to...
CVE-2025-55236: Windows Graphics Kernel Race Condition Allows Attackers to Escalate to SYSTEM — Patch Now
Microsoft has published advisory CVE-2025-55236, a time-of-check/time-of-use (TOCTOU) race condition in the Windows Graphics Kernel that hands local, authenticated attackers a path to elevate...
Urgent: Windows Win32K GRFX Race Condition Exploitable for Kernel Code Execution – Patch Now
Microsoft has disclosed a dangerous race condition vulnerability in the Windows graphics subsystem’s Win32K component, tracked as CVE-2025-55228, that allows an authenticated local attacker to gain...
Windows NTLM Vulnerability Lets Attackers Escalate Privileges Over the Network — Patch Immediately
Microsoft is urging Windows administrators to patch a critical improper authentication vulnerability in NT LAN Manager (NTLM) that allows an authenticated attacker to elevate privileges over a...
Microsoft Flags Critical Visio Heap Overflow – Urgent Patch for CVE-2025-54907 Underway
Microsoft has confirmed a dangerous heap-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Office Visio that lets attackers execute malicious code simply by convincing a user to open a rigged diagram file. The...
Microsoft Patches Excel Code Execution Flaw CVE-2025-54904, but Mac LTSC Still Exposed
Administrators scrambling to lock down Microsoft Excel against a newly disclosed code execution vulnerability have hit a snag: the security updates for Office LTSC for Mac 2021 and 2024 are not yet...
CVE-2025-54905: Critical Microsoft Office Vulnerability Patched—Users Urged to Update Now
Microsoft has released a security patch for CVE-2025-54905, a dangerous untrusted pointer dereference vulnerability in Microsoft Office that could let attackers seize control of an unpatched system...
Critical Windows RRAS Flaw CVE-2025-54097 Exposes VPN Server Memory: Patch Immediately
Microsoft has issued a security update addressing CVE-2025-54097, a critical information disclosure vulnerability in the Windows Routing and Remote Access Service (RRAS) that allows remote attackers...