{"id":"CVE-2026-61407","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2026-61407","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T04:33:30.065Z","title":"Dell Watchdog Timer Driver versions prior to 2.0.0.1 contain an Exposed IOCTL with Insufficient Access Control vulnerability.","description":"Dell Watchdog Timer Driver versions prior to 2.0.0.1 contain an Exposed IOCTL with Insufficient Access Control vulnerability. A low privileged attacker with local access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to Privilege Escalation.","published":"2026-08-18T15:16:56.000Z","lastModified":"2026-10-22T22:10:00.000Z","status":"Awaiting Analysis","sourceIdentifier":"security_alert@emc.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":8.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-698"],"affected":[],"epss":{"score":0.00154,"percentile":0.04454,"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 (0.15%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000501078/dsa-2026-248-security-update-for-dell-watchdog-timer-driver-for-an-exposed-ioctl-with-insufficient-access-control-vulnerability","source":"security_alert@emc.com"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-61407","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."}