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CVE-2025-53725 · Windows Push Notifications Apps Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

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

Severity
Important
Impact
Elevation of Privilege
CVSS
7.8 base · 6.8 temporal
Release
2025-08-12
Signals
Windows Push Notifications Elevation of Privilege Exploited: No Publicly disclosed: No Exploitability: Exploitation Unlikely
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 Push Notifications allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
FAQ / Articles
FAQ
What privileges could be gained by an attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability? An attacker could use this vulnerability to elevate privileges from a Low Integrity Level in a contained ("sandboxed") execution environment to a Medium Integrity Level. Please refer to AppContainer isolation and Mandatory Integrity Control for more information.
Windows Push Notifications Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Access of resource using incompatible type ('type confusion') in Windows Push Notifications allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.