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cve-2025-53808
About this tag
CVE-2025-53808 is a local privilege escalation vulnerability in the Windows Defender Firewall service, identified by Microsoft as an Elevation of Privilege issue. The flaw stems from a type confusion error, where the service accesses a resource using an incompatible type, potentially allowing a locally authenticated attacker to elevate privileges on an affected system. This tag covers discussions, analysis, and mitigation guidance related to this specific CVE, including technical details about the vulnerability class and its impact on Windows security.
Microsoft’s Security Update Guide lists CVE-2025-53808 as an Elevation of Privilege vulnerability in the Windows Defender Firewall Service that stems from an “access of resource using incompatible type” (commonly called type confusion), and the vendor warns that a locally authorized attacker...