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November “In the Trend of VM” (#21): vulnerabilities in Windows, SharePoint, Redis, XWiki, Zimbra Collaboration, and Linux

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November In the Trend of VM (#21): vulnerabilities in Windows, SharePoint, Redis, XWiki, Zimbra Collaboration, and Linux

November “In the Trend of VM” (#21): vulnerabilities in Windows, SharePoint, Redis, XWiki, Zimbra Collaboration, and Linux. The usual monthly roundup. After several months, here’s a big one. 🔥

🗞 Post on Habr (rus)
🗞 Post on SecurityLab (rus)
🗒 Digest on the PT website (rus)

A total of nine vulnerabilities:

🔻 RCE – Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) (CVE-2025-59287)
🔻 RCE – Microsoft SharePoint “ToolShell” (CVE-2025-49704)
🔻 RCE – Windows LNK File (CVE-2025-9491)
🔻 EoP – Windows Remote Access Connection Manager (CVE-2025-59230)
🔻 EoP – Windows Agere Modem Driver (CVE-2025-24990)
🔻 RCE – Redis “RediShell” (CVE-2025-49844)
🔻 RCE – XWiki Platform (CVE-2025-24893)
🔻 XSS – Zimbra Collaboration (CVE-2025-27915)
🔻 EoP – Linux Kernel (CVE-2025-38001)

🟥 Trending Vulnerabilities Portal

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About Elevation of Privilege – Windows Agere Modem Driver (CVE-2025-24990) vulnerability

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About Elevation of Privilege - Windows Agere Modem Driver (CVE-2025-24990) vulnerability

About Elevation of Privilege – Windows Agere Modem Driver (CVE-2025-24990) vulnerability. The vulnerability is from Microsoft’s October Patch Tuesday. Agere Modem Driver (ltmdm64.sys) is a software component that allows a computer to communicate with an Agere (or LSI) modem for dial‑up or fax connections. 📠🙄 Despite its questionable practical usefulness, the driver continued to be shipped with Windows. A local attacker who successfully exploits this vulnerability in the driver can obtain administrative privileges.

⚙️ The Microsoft cumulative update from October 14 removes this driver from the system.

🛠 On October 16, an exploit for the vulnerability was published on GitHub. The author reports that the driver has been shipped since Windows Vista. Microsoft had known about the issue since at least 2014 (11 years ❗️) but ignored it. 🤷‍♂️

👾 On October 22, this vulnerability was added to the CISA KEV; details about active attacks are not yet known.

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