{"id":64126,"date":"2025-08-17T18:41:01","date_gmt":"2025-08-17T18:41:01","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-09-03T20:47:52","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T02:47:52","slug":"cve-2025-47996-privilege-escalation-vulnerability-in-windows-mbt-transport-driver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-47996-privilege-escalation-vulnerability-in-windows-mbt-transport-driver\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CVE-2025-47996: Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in Windows MBT Transport Driver<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE-2025-47996 is a security vulnerability that affects the Windows MBT (Mobile Broadband Transport) Transport Driver. As a result of an integer underflow, an authorized attacker can exploit this vulnerability to escalate privileges locally. This potential breach in security is of critical concern to both individual users and organizations that rely on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-49691-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-windows-media-leading-to-potential-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"72159\">Windows<\/a> systems, as it may lead to unauthorized system access, potential system compromise, or data leakage.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE ID: CVE-2025-47996<br \/>\nSeverity: High (7.8 CVSS v3 Score)<br \/>\nAttack Vector: Local<br \/>\nPrivileges Required: Low<br \/>\nUser Interaction: Required<br \/>\nImpact: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-6754-privilege-escalation-vulnerability-in-seo-metrics-plugin-for-wordpress\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"72699\">Privilege escalation<\/a>, potential system compromise, or data leakage<\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Products<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-3991649221\" class=\"ameeb-content-2 ameeb-entity-placement\"><div style=\"border-left: 4px solid #555; padding-left: 20px; margin: 48px 0; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; color: #ffffff; line-height: 1.6; max-width: 700px;\">\r\n  <h2 style=\"margin-top: 0; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 600; display: flex; align-items: center;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"display: inline-flex; align-items: center; margin-right: 8px;\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Best-App-icon-Ameeba.png\" alt=\"Ameeba Chat Icon\" style=\"width: 40px; height: 40px;\" \/>\r\n    <\/a>\r\n    A new way to communicate\r\n  <\/h2>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 12px;\">\r\n    Ameeba Chat is built on encrypted identity, not personal profiles.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 16px;\">\r\n    Message, call, share files, and coordinate with identities kept separate.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <ul style=\"list-style: none; padding-left: 0; margin-bottom: 20px;\">\r\n    <li>\u2022 Encrypted identity<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Ameeba Chat authenticates access<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Aliases and categories<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 End-to-end encrypted chat, calls, and files<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Secure notes for sensitive information<\/li>\r\n  <\/ul>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"font-style: italic; font-weight: 600; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\r\n    Private communication, rethought.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <div style=\"display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 12px;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\/download\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 6px; font-weight: 500;\">Download Ameeba Chat<\/a>\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"border: 1px solid #ffffff; color: #ffffff; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 6px; font-weight: 500;\">Learn More<\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n<p>Product | Affected Versions<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-8088-path-traversal-vulnerability-in-windows-version-of-winrar\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"78659\">Windows OS | All versions<\/a> up to the latest patch<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-33075-a-critical-windows-installer-vulnerability-that-leads-to-privilege-elevation\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"72345\">vulnerability exploits an integer underflow in the Windows<\/a> MBT Transport driver. An <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-3947-integer-underflow-vulnerability-in-honeywell-experion-pks\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"75421\">integer underflow<\/a> happens when an operation causes a number to drop below its valid range. In this case, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-49667-critical-windows-win32k-vulnerability-allowing-privilege-elevation\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"75499\">vulnerability can be triggered when an attacker manipulates the Windows<\/a> MBT Transport driver to consume more resources than it is allocated. This causes the integer underflow, which can then be exploited to execute arbitrary code with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-53762-privilege-elevation-vulnerability-in-microsoft-purview\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"72911\">elevated privileges<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-3371514697\" class=\"ameeb-content ameeb-entity-placement\"><div class=\"poptin-embedded\" data-id=\"f6b387694f681\"><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/div>\n<p>This conceptual example demonstrates how an attacker might manipulate a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-30404-integer-overflow-vulnerability-in-executorch-resulting-in-potential-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"75955\">system call to trigger the integer<\/a> underflow.<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\"># Arbitrary system call that interacts with the MBT Transport Driver\nsyscall(\u201cMBT_Transport_Driver\u201d, \u201c-999999999\u201d)<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In this example, the syscall function is called with parameters that are likely to cause an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-48816-integer-overflow-vulnerability-in-hid-class-driver-leading-to-local-privilege-escalation\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"76725\">integer underflow in the MBT Transport Driver<\/a>. This is a conceptual example and the actual exploit may involve more complex manipulations.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Recommendations for Mitigation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-47168-use-after-free-vulnerability-in-microsoft-office-word-allowing-unauthorized-code-execution\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"73197\">Microsoft has released a patch to address this vulnerability<\/a>. Affected users are advised to apply the patch as soon as possible. If immediate patching is not feasible, using a Web Application Firewall (WAF) or Intrusion Detection System (IDS) can provide temporary mitigation. These <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-27046-critical-memory-corruption-vulnerability-threatening-system-integrity\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"75079\">systems can detect and block attempts to exploit this vulnerability<\/a>. However, these are only temporary solutions and will not provide full protection. Patching the system is the only way to ensure <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-54122-unauthenticated-full-read-ssrf-vulnerability-in-manager-io-manager-accounting-software\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"72674\">full mitigation of this vulnerability<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview CVE-2025-47996 is a security vulnerability that affects the Windows MBT (Mobile Broadband Transport) Transport Driver. As a result of an integer underflow, an authorized attacker can exploit this vulnerability to escalate privileges locally. This potential breach in security is of critical concern to both individual users and organizations that rely on Windows systems, as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"vendor":[82],"product":[],"attack_vector":[76],"asset_type":[],"severity":[],"exploit_status":[],"class_list":["post-64126","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","vendor-microsoft","attack_vector-privilege-escalation"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64126","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64126"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64126\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":71031,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64126\/revisions\/71031"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64126"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64126"},{"taxonomy":"vendor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vendor?post=64126"},{"taxonomy":"product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?post=64126"},{"taxonomy":"attack_vector","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/attack_vector?post=64126"},{"taxonomy":"asset_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/asset_type?post=64126"},{"taxonomy":"severity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/severity?post=64126"},{"taxonomy":"exploit_status","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exploit_status?post=64126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}