Executive Risk Summary
"An out-of-bounds read vulnerability in Windows NDIS allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally, potentially leading to unauthorized access to sensitive data and system resources. This vulnerability can be exploited by an attacker with local access to the system, and successful exploitation could result in a significant increase in privileges."
Operational Audit Arsenal
Target Type Driver
Target Asset ndis.sys
Standard Path %windir%System32drivers
PowerShell
# 🛠️ Senior Engineer Universal Audit
# Target: ndis.sys (Driver)
$Targets = 'ndis.sys'
$SearchPaths = @("$env:windir\System32", "$env:ProgramFiles", "${env:ProgramFiles(x86)}")
Get-ChildItem -Path $SearchPaths -Include $Targets -Recurse -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue |
Select-Object FullName, @{Name="Version";Expression={$_.VersionInfo.ProductVersion}}Patch Impact Forecast
Reboot Required Likely
Network services
Internal Work Notes
CVE-2025-55339: Local privilege escalation vulnerability in Windows NDIS, requiring patching and reboot to prevent unauthorized access
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