In April 2025, Microsoft patched a vulnerability that had become a key component in sophisticated ransomware attack chains. CVE-2025-29824, an use-after-free bug in the Windows Common Log File System (CLFS) driver, wasn’t the initial entry point for attackers. Instead, threat actors first compromised Cisco ASA firewalls, then used this Windows kernel vulnerability as the crucial privilege escalation step that transformed limited network access into complete system domination. This multi-sta...| STAR Labs