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CVE-2025-47957: Decoding Microsoft’s Critical Word Use-After-Free Vulnerability
Microsoft’s security team recently pushed out a fix for a critical vulnerability in Microsoft Word that, if left unpatched, could give attackers a direct path to executing malicious code on a...
CVE-2025-53734: Patch Visio Use-After-Free RCE Before Attackers Exploit Document Flaw
Microsoft has released a security update for a use-after-free vulnerability in Microsoft Visio that allows attackers to execute arbitrary code simply by having a victim open a maliciously crafted...
Microsoft Patches Critical Excel Use-After-Free Flaw (CVE-2025-53735) That Executes Code via Malicious Spreadsheets
Microsoft has confirmed a serious use-after-free vulnerability in Microsoft Excel, tracked as CVE-2025-53735, that can allow attackers to execute arbitrary code on a victim’s machine simply by...
Critical Office Use-After-Free Bug (CVE-2025-53731) Lets Attackers Execute Code—Patch Now, Microsoft Warns
Microsoft’s Security Response Center has published a new advisory, CVE-2025-53731, confirming a critical use-after-free vulnerability in Microsoft Office that can let attackers execute arbitrary...
Windows Notification Use‑After‑Free Vulnerability (CVE‑2025‑49725) Grants Attackers SYSTEM Privileges
Microsoft has patched a critical use‑after‑free vulnerability in the Windows Notification subsystem that could allow an authenticated local attacker to escalate privileges to SYSTEM. Tracked as...
Patch Now: Windows CDPSvc Use-After-Free Bug (CVE-2025-48000) Grants Attackers SYSTEM Privileges
A use-after-free vulnerability in the Windows Connected Devices Platform Service (CDPSvc) lets any local authenticated attacker gain full SYSTEM control—and the fix landed in Microsoft’s July...
Critical Windows AFD.sys Kernel Flaw (CVE-2025-53718) Exposes Systems to Local Privilege Escalation
Microsoft has issued a high-priority security advisory for a use-after-free vulnerability in the Windows Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock (AFD.sys). Tracked as CVE-2025-53718, the flaw allows a...
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...
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...
Patch Now: CVE-2025-53140 Kernel Transaction Manager Use-After-Free Enables Local Privilege Escalation on Windows
Microsoft has released a security update for CVE-2025-53140, a use-after-free vulnerability in the Windows Kernel Transaction Manager (KTM) that allows an authorized local attacker to elevate...
CVE-2025-53137: Microsoft’s AFD.sys Patch Stops Local Attackers from Hijacking SYSTEM
A use-after-free vulnerability in the Windows Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock (AFD.sys), tracked as CVE-2025-53137, hands any local attacker with a toehold on a machine a direct path to SYSTEM...