Microsoft Windows up to Server 2025 Defender Firewall Service type confusion

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Windows. It has been declared as critical. The affected element is an unknown function of the component Defender Firewall Service. Such manipulation leads to type confusion. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2025-53808. Local access is required to approach this attack. No exploit exists. It is advisable to implement a patch to correct this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Windows. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the component Defender Firewall Service. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a type confusion vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-843. The product allocates or initializes a resource such as a pointer, object, or variable using one type, but it later accesses that resource using a type that is incompatible with the original type. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Access of resource using incompatible type ('type confusion') in Windows Defender Firewall Service allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

The weakness was disclosed 09/09/2025 as confirmed security update guide (Website). The advisory is shared for download at msrc.microsoft.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2025-53808. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. Additional levels of successful authentication are required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $5k-$25k (estimation calculated on 09/11/2025).

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.7
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.1

VulDB Base Score: 6.7
VulDB Temp Score: 5.8
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Vendor Base Score (Microsoft): 6.7
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Type confusion
CWE: CWE-843
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Unproven

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Patch
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Timelineinfo

09/09/2025 VulDB entry created
09/09/2025 +0 days Advisory disclosed
09/09/2025 +0 days Countermeasure disclosed
09/11/2025 +2 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com
Product: microsoft.com

Advisory: msrc.microsoft.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-53808 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-53808
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-323252
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161215

Entryinfo

Created: 09/09/2025 19:20
Updated: 09/11/2025 21:14
Changes: 09/09/2025 19:20 (35), 09/09/2025 19:23 (34), 09/11/2025 21:14 (11)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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