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Microsoft’s June Patch Fixes Storport Driver Flaw That Could Expose Kernel Memory and Defeat ASLR
Microsoft’s June 2025 Patch Tuesday quietly resolved a local information-disclosure vulnerability in the Windows Storage Port Driver (storport.sys) that could allow authenticated attackers to read...
Windows 11 August 2025 Patch Tuesday: KB5063875 Fixes Copilot Key, KB5063878 Boosts 24H2 Performance
Microsoft’s August 2025 Patch Tuesday delivers a dual-punch for Windows 11 users: a critical fix for the Copilot hardware key on older builds and a performance-boosting update for the latest 24H2...
Actively Exploited AFD.sys Vulnerability Grants Attackers SYSTEM Access: Patch Now
Microsoft has patched a dangerous vulnerability in the Windows Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock (AFD.sys) that attackers are actively exploiting in the wild to gain complete control over...
CVE-2025-53153: Microsoft Patches Information-Disclosure Flaw in Windows RRAS — What Admins Must Do
Microsoft’s April 2025 Patch Tuesday brought a crucial fix for CVE-2025-53153, an information-disclosure vulnerability residing in the Windows Routing and Remote Access Service (RRAS). The...
Critical MSMQ Type‑Confusion Bug Allows Remote Code Execution, Microsoft Urges Immediate Patching
Microsoft has released a security update addressing CVE-2025-53145, a type confusion vulnerability in Windows Message Queuing (MSMQ) that could allow an authenticated attacker to remotely execute...
New AFD.sys Use-After-Free (CVE-2025-53147) Demands Immediate Patching as Kernel Exploit Chains Resurface
A use-after-free vulnerability in the Windows Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock (AFD.sys) tracked as CVE-2025-53147 allows a local attacker to escalate privileges to SYSTEM, Microsoft disclosed...
MSMQ Type Confusion Flaw CVE-2025-53144 Exposes Windows Servers to RCE
Microsoft has published an advisory for a critical vulnerability in Windows Message Queuing (MSMQ) that could be exploited by an authorized attacker to execute code over a network. Tracked as...
Actively Exploited Windows AFD.sys Flaw Earns CISA KEV Status Amid Patching Confusion
Microsoft’s February 2025 Patch Tuesday delivered a fix for CVE-2025-21418, a heap-based buffer overflow in the Windows Ancillary Function Driver (afd.sys), but sysadmins are grappling with a...
Microsoft Patches Critical DirectX Kernel Race Condition Exploit (CVE-2025-53135) Threatening Windows Systems
Microsoft has released a security update for a local privilege escalation vulnerability in the Windows DirectX Graphics Kernel, tracked as CVE-2025-53135. The flaw, residing in the dxgkrnl driver,...
CVE-2025-26636: Windows Kernel Info Leak Exploits Processor Optimizations to Steal Secrets
Microsoft's April 2025 Patch Tuesday quietly shipped a fix for CVE-2025-26636, a Windows NT kernel information disclosure that lets local attackers extract sensitive memory simply by triggering code...
New Win32k GRFX Race Condition Lets Attackers Hijack Windows Systems — Patch Now
A race-condition vulnerability in the Windows Win32k GRFX kernel component, assigned CVE-2025-53132, enables local attackers to escalate privileges to SYSTEM and take full control of an unpatched...
CVE-2025-50177: Critical Use-After-Free Bug in Microsoft Message Queuing Could Allow Remote Code Execution
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