Microsoft Patches 57 Security Flaws, Including 6 Actively Exploited Zero-Days

[Prajayblogger]

The updates are in addition to 17 vulnerabilities Microsoft addressed in its Chromium-based Edge browser since the release of last month's Patch Tuesday update, one of which is a spoofing flaw specific to the browser (CVE-2025-26643, CVSS score: 5.4).

The six vulnerabilities that have come under active exploitation are listed below -

• CVE-2025-24983 (CVSS score: 7.0) - A Windows Win32 Kernel Subsystem use-after-free (UAF) vulnerability that allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally
• CVE-2025-24984 (CVSS score: 4.6) - A Windows NTFS information disclosure vulnerability that allows an attacker with physical access to a target device and the ability to plug in a malicious USB drive to potentially read portions of heap memory
• CVE-2025-24985 (CVSS score: 7.8) - An integer overflow vulnerability in Windows Fast FAT File System Driver that allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally
• CVE-2025-24991 (CVSS score: 5.5) - An out-of-bounds read vulnerability in Windows NTFS that allows an authorized attacker to disclose information locally
• CVE-2025-24993 (CVSS score: 7.8) - A heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in Windows NTFS that allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally
• CVE-2025-26633 (CVSS score: 7.0) - An improper neutralization vulnerability in Microsoft Management Console that allows an unauthorized attacker to bypass a security feature locally

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