VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2023-1453
A vulnerability was found in Watchdog Anti-Virus 1.4.214.0.
HIGH 7.1EPSS 0.33%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.33%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
A vulnerability was found in Watchdog Anti-Virus 1.4.214.0. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is the function 0x80002008 in the library wsdk-driver.sys of the component IoControlCode Handler. The manipulation leads to improper access controls. Attacking locally is a requirement. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. VDB-223298 is the identifier assigned to this vulnerability.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.1 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.33% probability · 26th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-284
- Affected
- watchdog/anti-virus
- Source
- cna@vuldb.com
References
- https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ivMk1uVAvPCCAxqiD2BW9gD1TsktQkpi/viewExploit
- https://github.com/zeze-zeze/WindowsKernelVuln/tree/master/CVE-2023-1453Third Party Advisory
- https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.223298Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://vuldb.com/?id.223298Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ivMk1uVAvPCCAxqiD2BW9gD1TsktQkpi/viewExploit
- https://github.com/zeze-zeze/WindowsKernelVuln/tree/master/CVE-2023-1453Third Party Advisory
- https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.223298Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://vuldb.com/?id.223298Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.