April 2025 Patch Tuesday is here, and Microsoft has delivered fixes for 120+ vulnerabilities, including a zero-day (CVE-2025-29824) that’s under active attack. CVE-2025-29824 CVE-2025-29824 is a user-after-free vulnerability in the Windows Common Log File System (CLFS) that can be – and is being – exploited by attackers to elevate their privileges to SYSTEM on previously compromised Windows machines. “CLFS is no stranger to Patch Tuesday – since 2022, Microsoft has patched 32 CLFS vulnerabilities, averaging … More →

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