Privilege Escalation
The latest Privilege Escalation coverage — news, analysis, and updates from the WindowsNews.AI desk.
Critical WSL Vulnerability CVE-2025-26675 Exposes Windows Systems to Privilege Escalation Attacks
A newly discovered security flaw in the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) has sent shockwaves through the enterprise and developer communities, exposing millions of systems to potential privilege...
CVE-2025-26683: Critical Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in Azure Playwright Explained
CVE-2025-26683: Critical Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in Azure Playwright Microsoft has disclosed a serious elevation of privilege vulnerability (CVE-2025-26683) affecting Azure Playwright, the...
CVE-2025-29795: Critical Microsoft Edge Vulnerability Enables Local Privilege Escalation
CVE-2025-29795: New Microsoft Edge Vulnerability Exposes Local Privilege Escalation Risk Microsoft Edge users face a new security threat with the discovery of CVE-2025-29795, a critical vulnerability...
CVE-2025-24053: Critical Authentication Flaw in Microsoft Dataverse Exposes Privilege Escalation Risks
A newly discovered security vulnerability (CVE-2025-24053) in Microsoft Dataverse has raised significant concerns among cybersecurity professionals. This authentication flaw could allow attackers to...
Critical Windows Kernel Vulnerability CVE-2025-24983: A Two-Year Exploit Demands Urgent Patching
Overview of CVE-2025-24983 Security researchers at ESET have uncovered a critical vulnerability in the Windows Win32 Kernel Subsystem, tracked as CVE-2025-24983. This use-after-free flaw has been...
Microsoft patches CVE-2025-24988 USB driver flaw targeted by physical attackers
A newly discovered vulnerability in Windows USB drivers, tracked as CVE-2025-24988, has raised significant security concerns among IT professionals and Windows users alike. This critical flaw in the...
Microsoft: Critical Windows Kernel Streaming Flaw (CVE-2025-24995) Enables Kernel Code Execution
Microsoft has disclosed a critical security vulnerability (CVE-2025-24995) affecting the Windows Kernel Streaming driver (ks.sys), which could allow attackers to execute arbitrary code with...
CVE-2025-24070: Critical Authentication Flaw in ASP.NET Core and Visual Studio Exposes Systems to Privilege Escalation
CVE-2025-24070: Critical Vulnerability in ASP.NET Core and Visual Studio A newly discovered critical vulnerability (CVE-2025-24070) in Microsoft's ASP.NET Core framework and Visual Studio has sent...
Azure Agent privilege escalation flaw (CVE-2025-21199) fixed in version 3.14.21199
Microsoft has disclosed a critical security vulnerability (CVE-2025-21199) in the Azure Agent Installer that could allow privilege escalation attacks on affected systems. This flaw, discovered by...
Urgent: Patch Critical Windows Server Privilege Escalation Flaw Now
Microsoft has disclosed a critical security vulnerability (CVE-2025-25008) affecting Windows Server systems that could allow attackers to bypass file access controls through improper link resolution....
Patch Now: Critical VS Code Bug CVE-2025-26631 Enables Privilege Escalation
A newly discovered vulnerability in Microsoft's Visual Studio Code (VS Code) has raised concerns among developers and security professionals. CVE-2025-26631, a path manipulation flaw, could allow...
CVE-2025-24046: Critical Use-After-Free Vulnerability in Microsoft Streaming Service Driver Exposes Windows Systems to Privilege Escalation
Microsoft has issued a critical security advisory for CVE-2025-24046, a newly discovered use-after-free vulnerability in the Windows Streaming Service driver (stream.sys) that could allow attackers...