{"id":80565,"date":"2025-10-02T11:37:25","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T11:37:25","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-10-29T17:39:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T23:39:11","slug":"cve-2025-53725-critical-type-confusion-vulnerability-in-windows-push-notifications","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-53725-critical-type-confusion-vulnerability-in-windows-push-notifications\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CVE-2025-53725: Critical &#8216;type confusion&#8217; vulnerability in Windows Push Notifications<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) system has identified a significant security flaw, designated CVE-2025-53725, in the Windows Push Notifications service. This flaw could potentially allow an authenticated attacker to escalate their privileges on a local system, leading to system compromise or data leakage. This vulnerability is particularly concerning due to the ubiquitous usage of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-57151-cross-site-scripting-vulnerability-in-phpgurukul-complaint-management-system-2-0\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"87781\">Windows<\/a> systems in various sectors, from businesses to individual users, making the potential impact widespread and severe.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE ID: CVE-2025-53725<br \/>\nSeverity: High (7.8 out of 10)<br \/>\nAttack Vector: Local<br \/>\nPrivileges Required: Low<br \/>\nUser Interaction: Required<br \/>\nImpact: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2024-36326-bypassing-amd-romarmor-protections-to-compromise-system-security\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"87847\">System compromise<\/a>, potential data leakage<\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Products<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-3753188646\" 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>Windows 10 | All versions prior to the latest patch<br \/>\nWindows Server 2019 | All versions prior to the latest patch<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The identified vulnerability, CVE-2025-53725, is a &#8216;type confusion&#8217; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-54110-windows-kernel-integer-overflow-vulnerability-leading-to-privilege-elevation\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"89192\">vulnerability found in the Windows<\/a> Push Notification service. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-30383-type-confusion-vulnerability-in-microsoft-office-excel-leading-to-unauthorized-code-execution\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"91867\">Type confusion<\/a>&#8216; refers to a condition where a resource may be accessed using an incompatible type, causing unexpected behavior within the system.<br \/>\nIn this case, an attacker who has already gained low-level access to the system can exploit this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-52521-local-privilege-escalation-vulnerability-in-trend-micro-security-17-8\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"88008\">vulnerability to trick the system into granting them elevated privileges<\/a>. This would allow the attacker to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-58370-command-execution-vulnerability-in-roo-code-ai-coding-agent\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"87768\">execute commands<\/a> or access resources that would normally be beyond their reach, potentially compromising the entire system or leading to data leakage.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-1406967859\" 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>The following pseudocode <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-30330-heap-based-buffer-overflow-vulnerability-in-illustrator-versions-29-3-28-7-5-and-earlier\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"91701\">illustrates a conceptual exploit of the vulnerability:<\/a><\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\">\/\/ The attacker has low-level access and is able to run code\nvar lowPrivUser = new LowPrivUser();\n\/\/ They create an object of a type that the system will confuse with a high privilege type\nvar maliciousObj = new MaliciousObj();\n\/\/ They use the confused type to gain access to high privilege operations\nlowPrivUser.executeAs(maliciousObj, () =&gt; {\n\/\/ This code is now running with high privileges\nsystem.accessProtectedResources();\n});<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>This conceptual example demonstrates how the attacker manipulates the type confusion <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-36890-critical-elevation-of-privilege-vulnerability-may-lead-to-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"87812\">vulnerability to escalate their privileges and potentially compromise the system<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) system has identified a significant security flaw, designated CVE-2025-53725, in the Windows Push Notifications service. This flaw could potentially allow an authenticated attacker to escalate their privileges on a local system, leading to system compromise or data leakage. This vulnerability is particularly concerning due to the ubiquitous usage [&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":[],"asset_type":[],"severity":[],"exploit_status":[],"class_list":["post-80565","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","vendor-microsoft"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80565","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=80565"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80565\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85045,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80565\/revisions\/85045"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80565"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80565"},{"taxonomy":"vendor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vendor?post=80565"},{"taxonomy":"product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?post=80565"},{"taxonomy":"attack_vector","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/attack_vector?post=80565"},{"taxonomy":"asset_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/asset_type?post=80565"},{"taxonomy":"severity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/severity?post=80565"},{"taxonomy":"exploit_status","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exploit_status?post=80565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}