Microsoft Shuts Down Five Zero-Days in Latest Patch Rollout

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Microsoft’s May 2025 Patch Tuesday rolls out fixes for 83 vulnerabilities, featuring five actively exploited zero-days. This month’s spotlight includes privilege escalation flaws in Windows DWM, CLFS, and AFD drivers, several granting SYSTEM-level access, along with a Visual Studio RCE and a browser-targeted scripting engine bug. With attackers already leveraging these flaws in the wild, prompt patching is strongly recommended.

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