{"id":"CVE-2026-92254","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2026-92254","generatedAt":"2026-09-20T17:25:16.164Z","title":"Missing Authorization in the IOCTL handlers of the wsdkd.sys kernel drivers in Watchdog WatchDog Antivirus 1.8.640 (driver versions 1.3.0.0 and earlier) on Microsoft Windows allows local, low-privileged attackers to delete arbitrary files with SYSTEM…","description":"Missing Authorization in the IOCTL handlers of the wsdkd.sys kernel drivers in Watchdog WatchDog Antivirus 1.8.640 (driver versions 1.3.0.0 and earlier) on Microsoft Windows allows local, low-privileged attackers to delete arbitrary files with SYSTEM privileges, bypassing NTFS access controls and potentially disabling security products or destabilizing the operating system, via crafted IOCTL requests sent to the \\Device\\wsdk device.","published":"2026-09-20T13:17:46.000Z","lastModified":"2026-09-20T13:17:46.000Z","status":"Received","sourceIdentifier":"34edf4f2-2577-40ab-82ce-39f45972c129","cvss":{"version":"4.0","score":6.9,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/M"},"cwe":["CWE-20","CWE-306"],"affected":[],"epss":null,"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and no EPSS score yet. Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[{"kind":"new","label":"New CVE","at":"2026-09-20T13:17:46.000Z","detail":{"score":"6.9","severity":"MEDIUM","publishedAt":"2026-09-20T13:17:46.390Z"},"summary":"New CVE, medium severity (CVSS 6.9)."}],"references":[{"url":"https://watchdog.com/anti-virus-release-notes/","source":"34edf4f2-2577-40ab-82ce-39f45972c129"},{"url":"https://watchdog.com/vulnerability-disclosure-policy/","source":"34edf4f2-2577-40ab-82ce-39f45972c129"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-92254","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."}