CVE-2025-24066

Summary

CVE-2025-24066 is a critical vulnerability affecting Windows Kernel-Mode Drivers. This issue involves a heap-based buffer overflow, which allows an attacker who has already gained authorized access to the system to escalate their privileges and elevate their status to a higher level, enabling them to gain full control over the affected system locally. Exploitation of this vulnerability could result in significant damage, including data theft or system compromise. Microsoft has released a security update to address this issue, and it is strongly recommended that all Windows users install the patch as soon as possible to mitigate the risk.

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