Race Condition
The latest Race Condition coverage — news, analysis, and updates from the WindowsNews.AI desk.
Urgent Fix: Hyper-V Race Condition CVE-2025-50167 Lets Attackers Seize Host Control
Microsoft has confirmed a dangerous race condition in Windows Hyper-V that gives an attacker with low-level access a path to full host compromise, escalating privileges to the kernel level. Tagged...
Windows SMB Bug CVE-2025-50169 Opens Door to Remote Code Execution — Patch Now
Microsoft’s June 2025 Patch Tuesday included a fix for a race-condition vulnerability in the Windows Server Message Block (SMB) protocol that can be exploited over the network to run malicious code...
Windows AFD.sys Hit Again: Race Condition CVE-2025-49762 Opens Door to SYSTEM Access
Microsoft has disclosed yet another high-severity vulnerability in the Windows Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock (AFD.sys), this time a race condition tracked as CVE-2025-49762 that allows a...
Critical Race Condition in Windows Graphics Lets Attackers Escalate to SYSTEM – What to Do
Microsoft has disclosed a critical elevation-of-privilege vulnerability in the Windows Graphics Component, tracked as CVE-2025-49743, that could allow attackers to gain SYSTEM-level access on a...
Microsoft Fixes Hyper-V Sync Bug (CVE-2025-47999) That Allows Adjacent Attackers to Crash Virtual Hosts
Microsoft has released a security update for a denial-of-service vulnerability in Windows Hyper‑V, cataloged as CVE‑2025‑47999, that lets an attacker on an adjacent network crash virtualisation...
Microsoft Teams CVE-2025-49737 Vulnerability: Complete Guide to Mitigating Privilege Escalation Risks
Microsoft Teams users worldwide are facing a critical security threat with the discovery of CVE-2025-49737, a privilege escalation vulnerability that could allow attackers to gain elevated system...
Critical Windows Flaw: Understanding the CVE-2025-49665 Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Critical Windows Flaw: Understanding the CVE-2025-49665 Privilege Escalation Vulnerability A critical security vulnerability, identified as CVE-2025-49665, has been discovered in the Windows...
Critical Windows Vulnerability CVE-2025-49690 Exposes Systems to Privilege Escalation Attacks
A newly discovered critical vulnerability in Windows' Capability Access Management Service (camsvc) could allow attackers to gain elevated privileges on affected systems. Designated as...
Patch CVE-2025-47972 Now: Windows IME Race Condition Opens Door to Privilege Escalation
Critical Windows Vulnerability CVE-2025-47972: Understanding and Mitigating the IME Security Flaw A critical security vulnerability, identified as CVE-2025-47972, has been discovered in the Windows...
Emergency Microsoft Patch Released for Critical Windows RDS Zero-Day CVE-2025-32710
A critical vulnerability in Windows Remote Desktop Services (RDS), designated as CVE-2025-32710, has sent shockwaves through the cybersecurity community. This flaw, rated 9.8 on the CVSS severity...
Windows 11 KTM Cookies: Uncovering Hidden Privilege Escalation Threats
Windows 11's Kernel Transaction Manager (KTM) has quietly become a potential attack vector through its cookie-based transaction tokens, exposing systems to privilege escalation risks that many...
Windows 11 Flaws Exposed in 3-Day Pwn2Own Berlin Hacking Event
Introduction The Pwn2Own Berlin 2025 competition, held from May 15 to 17 at the OffensiveCon conference in Berlin, Germany, showcased the prowess of ethical hackers in uncovering zero-day...