{"id":"CVE-2026-12168","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2026-12168","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T09:42:32.646Z","title":"An improper validation vulnerability for driver `GFAC_Sys_x64.sys` in Little Orbit GFAC allows a local attacker to escalate privileges to SYSTEM and execute arbitrary code in kernel mode via crafted messages sent through a Minifilter communication port.","description":"An improper validation vulnerability for driver `GFAC_Sys_x64.sys` in Little Orbit GFAC allows a local attacker to escalate privileges to SYSTEM and execute arbitrary code in kernel mode via crafted messages sent through a Minifilter communication port.","published":"2026-07-02T15:16:57.000Z","lastModified":"2026-10-25T21:10:01.000Z","status":"Deferred","sourceIdentifier":"cret@cert.org","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":[],"affected":[],"epss":{"score":0.00173,"percentile":0.06748,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.17%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/FzRsLLaSheR/CVE-2026-12166_CVE-2026-12167_CVE-2026-12168","source":"cret@cert.org"},{"url":"https://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/639124","source":"cret@cert.org"},{"url":"https://www.littleorbit.com/","source":"cret@cert.org"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-12168","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}