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cve-2025-54915

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CVE-2025-54915 is a local privilege escalation vulnerability in the Windows Defender Firewall Service, classified as a type confusion issue. Microsoft's Security Response Center has cataloged it, noting that an authorized local attacker could exploit this bug to elevate privileges on an affected host. Type confusion vulnerabilities occur when code treats an object or memory region as one data type while it actually represents another, potentially leading to unintended behavior. This tag covers discussions about the vulnerability's background, impact, and mitigation strategies for Windows systems.
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    Understanding CVE-2025-54915: Local Privilege Escalation in Windows Defender Firewall Service

    Microsoft’s Security Response Center has cataloged CVE-2025-54915 as an elevation-of-privilege vulnerability in the Windows Defender Firewall Service described as “Access of resource using incompatible type (‘type confusion’),” and the vendor advises that an authorized local attacker could...
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