Executive summary Akamai researchers have created a new AI capability for instant root cause analysis. The tool is a supervised multi-agent system, dubbed PatchDiff-AI. In this blog post, we are using it for deep analysis of CVE-2025-60719, which affects almost all Windows versions.  The vulnerability : A use-after-free (UAF) vulnerability in the Windows Ancillary Function Driver ( afd.sys ) for Winsock caused by a race condition The impact : Local privilege escalation; an attacker with low privileges can manipulate the kernel memory and gain system privileges Root cause : The driver failed to prevent a socket endpoint from being unbound (freed) while other operations (like Transfer , GetInformation , or Connect ) were actively dereferencing its associated objects The fix : Microsoft added a synchronization barrier mechanism ( AfdPreventUnbind / AfdReallowUnbind ) to explicitly lock the endpoint state during critical operations Keep reading to learn how the PatchDiff-AI tool can be used to quickly…