{"id":83991,"date":"2025-10-22T08:23:55","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T08:23:55","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-10-25T05:38:59","modified_gmt":"2025-10-25T11:38:59","slug":"cve-2025-0080-tapjacking-overlay-attack-leads-to-local-escalation-of-privilege","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-0080-tapjacking-overlay-attack-leads-to-local-escalation-of-privilege\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CVE-2025-0080: Tapjacking\/Overlay Attack Leads to Local Escalation of Privilege<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE-2025-0080 is a significant cybersecurity vulnerability that exploits an overlay attack to compromise system security. The affected systems are susceptible to local escalation of privilege without requiring additional execution privileges. This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-46407-critical-memory-corruption-vulnerability-in-sail-image-decoding-library\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"91011\">vulnerability is particularly critical<\/a> because it does not necessitate user interaction for exploitation. Therefore, every entity that relies on the affected <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-7086-critical-vulnerability-in-belkin-f9k1122-leading-to-potential-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"91067\">systems should prioritize its mitigation to avoid a potential<\/a> system compromise or data leakage.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE ID: CVE-2025-0080<br \/>\nSeverity: High (7.8 CVSS Score)<br \/>\nAttack Vector: Local<br \/>\nPrivileges Required: None<br \/>\nUser Interaction: None<br \/>\nImpact: Local Escalation of Privilege <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-54377-critical-vulnerability-in-roo-code-leading-to-potential-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"91019\">leading to potential system<\/a> compromise or data leakage<\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Products<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-2071604154\" 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: 720px;\">\r\n  <h2 style=\"margin-top: 0; font-size: 22px; font-weight: 600; display: flex; align-items: center; letter-spacing: -0.02em;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"display: inline-flex; align-items: center; margin-right: 10px;\">\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: 42px; height: 42px;\" \/>\r\n    <\/a>\r\n    Share secrets securely\r\n  <\/h2>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 14px; color: #d1d5db;\">\r\n    Ameeba is private infrastructure for communication and sensitive work built on encrypted identity instead of exposed corporate identity systems.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 18px; color: #a1a1aa;\">\r\n    Passwords, credentials, confidential files, screenshots, internal discussions, sensitive AI context, and private coordination should not become exposed across ordinary communication platforms.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <ul style=\"list-style: none; padding-left: 0; margin-bottom: 24px; color: #e4e4e7;\">\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 Encrypted identity<\/li>\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 Private Spaces for organizations and teams<\/li>\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 End-to-end encrypted chat, calls, files, and notes<\/li>\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 Sensitive AI work and protected collaboration<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Built for information that cannot leak<\/li>\r\n  <\/ul>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"font-style: italic; font-weight: 600; margin-bottom: 24px; color: #ffffff;\">\r\n    Our mission is to secure human work alongside AI.\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: 8px; font-weight: 500;\">\r\n      Download Ameeba\r\n    <\/a>\r\n\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"border: 1px solid #ffffff; color: #ffffff; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 8px; font-weight: 500;\">\r\n      Learn More\r\n    <\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>Product | Affected Versions<\/p>\n<p>[Insert product] | [Insert affected version]<br \/>\n[Insert product] | [Insert affected version]<br \/>\n(Note: In the absence of concrete <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-49417-critical-deserialization-of-untrusted-data-vulnerability-in-woocommerce-product-multi-action-plugin\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"91455\">data about the affected products<\/a> and versions, it is impossible to fill in this section accurately.)<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The exploit works by taking advantage of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-43596-insecure-file-system-permissions-vulnerability-in-msp360-backup-8-0\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"91416\">insecure handling of user interface overlay within the affected systems<\/a>. The attacker can overlay the installation confirmation dialog with a malicious one, tricking the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-26850-privilege-escalation-vulnerability-in-quest-kace-systems-management-appliance\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"91336\">system into granting higher privileges<\/a>. This is referred to as a tapjacking\/overlay attack and can be executed without requiring any additional execution privileges or user interaction.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-294487010\" 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>Given the nature of the vulnerability, this would likely be exploited through a malicious application with overlay permissions. Here&#8217;s a conceptual pseudocode example:<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\">public void overlayAttack() {\nif (checkOverlayPermission()) {\nWindow maliciousDialog = createMaliciousDialog();\nmaliciousDialog.show();\n}\n}\npublic boolean checkOverlayPermission() {\n\/\/ Check if the application has permission to create overlays\n...\n}\npublic Window createMaliciousDialog() {\n\/\/ Create a dialog that mimics the installation confirmation dialog\n...\n}<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In this conceptual example, a malicious application checks if it has the overlay permissions. If it does, it creates a malicious dialog that mimics the installation confirmation dialog and shows it to the user. The user, believing they are interacting with a legitimate dialog, unknowingly grants <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-43711-potential-root-privilege-escalation-in-tunnelblick\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"91322\">escalated privileges<\/a> to the attacker.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview CVE-2025-0080 is a significant cybersecurity vulnerability that exploits an overlay attack to compromise system security. The affected systems are susceptible to local escalation of privilege without requiring additional execution privileges. This vulnerability is particularly critical because it does not necessitate user interaction for exploitation. Therefore, every entity that relies on the affected systems should [&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":[],"product":[],"attack_vector":[76],"asset_type":[],"severity":[],"exploit_status":[],"class_list":["post-83991","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","attack_vector-privilege-escalation"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83991","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=83991"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83991\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":84574,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83991\/revisions\/84574"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83991"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83991"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83991"},{"taxonomy":"vendor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vendor?post=83991"},{"taxonomy":"product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?post=83991"},{"taxonomy":"attack_vector","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/attack_vector?post=83991"},{"taxonomy":"asset_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/asset_type?post=83991"},{"taxonomy":"severity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/severity?post=83991"},{"taxonomy":"exploit_status","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exploit_status?post=83991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}