Security Alerts
The latest Security Alerts coverage — news, analysis, and updates from the WindowsNews.AI desk.
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...
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...
CVE-2025-24050: Microsoft Patches High-Risk Hyper-V Heap Overflow That Enables Full Host Takeover
Microsoft’s March 2025 Patch Tuesday included a fix for CVE-2025-24050, a heap‑based buffer overflow in Windows Hyper‑V that allows an attacker with local access to escalate privileges all the...
CVE-2025-53152: Patch Now as Windows DWM Privilege Escalation Exploits Surface
Microsoft has issued a critical security advisory for CVE-2025-53152, a use-after-free vulnerability in the Desktop Window Manager (DWM) that allows authenticated local attackers to execute arbitrary...
Patch Immediately: Windows Kernel Use-After-Free CVE-2025-53151 Opens Door to SYSTEM Takeover
Microsoft has released a critical security update to address CVE-2025-53151, a use-after-free vulnerability in the Windows kernel that lets authenticated local attackers escalate their privileges to...
Heap Overflow in Windows ks.sys Driver Opens Door to Full System Compromise – Patch Immediately
A newly disclosed heap-based buffer overflow in the Windows Kernel Streaming (ks.sys) driver enables any locally authenticated attacker to escalate privileges to SYSTEM, granting full control over...
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...
How CVE-2025-53148 Can Leak Your VPN Secrets: Windows RRAS Patch and Mitigation Guide
Microsoft’s latest Patch Tuesday brought to light CVE-2025-53148, a serious information disclosure vulnerability in the Windows Routing and Remote Access Service (RRAS). The flaw, categorized as a...
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...
Microsoft Patches CVE-2025-53143: Critical MSMQ Type-Confusion RCE Demands Immediate Action
Microsoft has delivered a security update for CVE-2025-53143, a remote code execution vulnerability in the Windows Message Queuing (MSMQ) service. The flaw, rooted in a type confusion error, allows...