Windows AFD WinSock Use-After-Free Privilege Escalation

Local privilege escalation in the Windows Ancillary Function Driver (AFD.sys) for WinSock allows an authenticated low-privileged user to gain SYSTEM-level access through a use-after-free condition. The flaw was reported by Microsoft (MSRC) and carries a CVSS 7.8 score with high impact across confidentiality, integrity, and availability. No public exploit identified at time of analysis, though the AFD.sys driver has a long history of similar bugs being weaponized post-disclosure.

Local privilege escalation in the Windows Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock (afd.sys) allows an authenticated local user to gain SYSTEM-level rights by winning a race condition that leads to a use-after-free in kernel memory. The flaw affects Windows installations where afd.sys is loaded (effectively all desktop and server SKUs) and was reported by Microsoft Security Response Center; no public exploit identified at time of analysis and the vulnerability is not listed on the CISA KEV catalog.

Local privilege escalation in the Windows Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock (afd.sys) allows an authenticated low-privileged user to win a race condition and trigger a use-after-free, enabling code execution at kernel level. No public exploit identified at time of analysis, but AFD.sys has a long history of being a preferred LPE target and Microsoft has marked the issue as important. EPSS data was not provided in the source feed.

Local privilege escalation in the Windows Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock (AFD.sys) allows an authenticated low-privileged attacker to win a race condition and gain SYSTEM-level execution. The flaw is a use-after-free triggered through concurrent WinSock operations, and at time of analysis no public exploit has been identified and the CVE is not on the CISA KEV list.

Local privilege escalation in the Windows Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock (afd.sys) allows an authenticated low-privileged user to elevate to SYSTEM by winning a race condition that triggers a use-after-free. The flaw is reported by Microsoft (MSRC) and carries CVSS 7.0 with high attack complexity, but no public exploit is identified at time of analysis and it is not listed in CISA KEV.