Critical Local Access Control Vulnerability in Watchdog Anti-Virus 1.4.214.0 (VDB-223298)

CVE-2023-1453 · HIGH Severity

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

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.

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