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CVE-2025-48815 · Windows Simple Search and Discovery Protocol (SSDP) Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

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

Severity
Important
Impact
Elevation of Privilege
CVSS
7.8 base · 6.8 temporal
Release
2025-07-08
Signals
Windows SSDP Service Elevation of Privilege Exploited: No Publicly disclosed: No Exploitability: Exploitation Less Likely
CWE
CWE-843: Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion')
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Description
Access of resource using incompatible type ('type confusion') in Windows SSDP Service allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
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Windows SSDP Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Access of resource using incompatible type ('type confusion') in Windows SSDP Service allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
Windows SSDP Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Access of resource using incompatible type ('type confusion') in Windows SSDP Service allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
FAQ
What privileges could be gained by an attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability? An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could potentially gain the ability to crash the system by exploiting the use-after-free vulnerability, even as a standard user.