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Company has issued patches for an unprecedented 159 CVEs, including eight zero-days, three of which attackers are already exploiting.

Microsoft today unleashed updates to plug a whopping 161 security vulnerabilities in Windows and related software, including three "zero-day" weaknesses that are already under active attack. Redmond's inaugural Patch Tuesday of 2025 bundles more fixes than the company has shipped in one go since 2017.

Two hacker groups were paid to develop malware targeting victims in the US, Europe, and Asia, as well as various Chinese dissident groups.

Microsoft has released its monthly security update for January of 2025 which includes 159 vulnerabilities, including 10 that Microsoft marked as “critical.” The remaining vulnerabilities listed are classified as “important.”

## Summary Gradio's Access Control List (ACL) for file paths can be bypassed by altering the letter case of a blocked file or directory path. This vulnerability arises due to the lack of case normalization in the file path validation logic. On case-insensitive file systems, such as those used by Windows and macOS, this flaw enables attackers to circumvent security restrictions and access sensitive files that should be protected. This issue can lead to unauthorized data access, exposing sensitive information and undermining the integrity of Gradio's security model. Given Gradio's popularity for building web applications, particularly in machine learning and AI, this vulnerability may pose a substantial threat if exploited in production environments. ## Affected Version Gradio <= 5.6.0 ## Impact - **Unauthorized Access**: Sensitive files or directories specified in `blocked_paths` can be accessed by attackers. - **Data Exposure**: Critical files, such as configuration files or use...

Mitigation refers to a setting, common configuration, or general best-practice, existing in a default state, that could reduce the severity of exploitation of a vulnerability. The following mitigations might apply in your situation: Set the **LmCompatabilityLvl** to its maximum value (5) for all machines. This will prevent the usage of the older NTLMv1 protocol, while still allowing NTLMv2. Please see Network security: LAN Manager authentication level for more information.

**How could an attacker exploit this vulnerability?** An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by tricking a user into sending a request to a malicious server. This could result in the server returning malicious data that might cause arbitrary code execution on the user's system.

**How could an attacker exploit this vulnerability?** An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by tricking a user into sending a request to a malicious server. This could result in the server returning malicious data that might cause arbitrary code execution on the user's system.

**What privileges could be gained by an attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability?** An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could gain SYSTEM privileges.

**What privileges could be gained by an attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability?** An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could gain SYSTEM privileges.