Vulnerabilities

CVSS

7.8 High

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Risk score

100.0

Known exploited

CISA KEV

Published

2025-05-13

Status

Analyzed

Null pointer dereference in Windows Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

Weaknesses

CWE-416

Coverage 1

vulnerability

August 2026 Patch Tuesday: Microsoft Fixes 421 CVEs, One Exploited Zero-Day

Microsoft released a substantial update addressing 421 vulnerabilities, including a critical zero-day exploit in a kernel-mode driver (afd.sys). Threat actors, potentially including nation-state actors like those linked…

SecurityWeek · Aug 11, 2026 High

CVE-2026-68820CVE-2025-32709CVE-2025-21418zero-daykernel-modeprivilege escalation

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Advisories and references

• msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-32709
• cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-...