Windows Vulnerabilities
The latest Windows Vulnerabilities coverage — news, analysis, and updates from the WindowsNews.AI desk.
Windows Recovery Driver bug CVE-2025-32721 grants SYSTEM access from user-level accounts.
The discovery of CVE-2025-32721, a Windows Recovery Driver Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability, has sent shockwaves through the cybersecurity community. This critical flaw in Microsoft's operating...
Critical Windows .NET/VS bug enables DLL hijacking via path traversal; patch now.
A newly discovered critical vulnerability (CVE-2025-30399) in Windows .NET Framework and Visual Studio exposes developers to path traversal attacks, potentially allowing attackers to execute...
CVE-2025-32720: Critical Windows Storage Management Vulnerability Explained
In the ever-advancing landscape of operating system vulnerabilities, few areas command as much concern as storage management—a foundational element of enterprise and personal computing alike. The...
Critical Windows SMB Flaw CVE-2025-32718 Allows Full System Takeover
A newly discovered vulnerability, CVE-2025-32718, has sent shockwaves through the cybersecurity community due to its potential impact on Windows systems leveraging the Server Message Block (SMB)...
Critical Windows Security Flaw CVE-2025-32713: Exploit Details and Protection Guide
A newly discovered critical security vulnerability, CVE-2025-32713, threatens millions of Windows systems worldwide. This heap buffer overflow flaw in the Windows Common Log File System (CLFS) driver...
Two Critical Schannel Flaws Expose Windows to Remote Code Execution
Understanding Windows Schannel Vulnerabilities: A Deep Dive into CVE-2014-6321 and CVE-2010-2566 The Windows Secure Channel (Schannel) component is a cornerstone of Microsoft's security architecture,...
April 2025 Windows Update Creates Mysterious inetpub Folder Without IIS
When Windows users installed the latest Patch Tuesday update for April 2025, an unexpected and rather bewildering mystery greeted them on their primary drive: a new, empty folder named “inetpub.”...
CVE-2025-21204 Patched: April Update Adds inetpub Folder to All Windows 10/11 Systems
The sudden appearance of the inetpub folder on Windows 10 and 11 systems following the April 2025 Update has left many users puzzled—and security professionals concerned. This system directory,...
Windows 11 May Patch Crisis: How Microsoft's Rapid Updates Disrupted Enterprise Systems
When Microsoft released its May Patch Tuesday update for Windows 11, few could have anticipated that a routine exercise in operating system maintenance would leave a subset of enterprise PCs stranded...
New Windows PCs ship with Defender definitions up to 30 days old, exposing 12% of malware before first update.
When you unbox a new Windows 11 or Windows 10 device, the last thing you expect is for its built-in security to be outdated. Yet, Microsoft's Defender antivirus often ships with malware definitions...
CVE-2025-24071: Patch Now to Block Windows File Explorer NTLM Theft
Microsoft's recent disclosure of CVE-2025-24071, a critical Windows File Explorer vulnerability, has sent shockwaves through enterprise IT departments. This zero-day exploit allows attackers to steal...
Microsoft's KB5059693 Update Hardens Windows 11 and Server 2025 Pre-Boot Security
The hum of servers and the glow of monitors in data centers worldwide just got a little more secure with Microsoft's stealth deployment of KB5059693—a critical update targeting the very foundation...