Vulnerability · Published Mar 17, 2023 · Assigned by VulDB

CVE-2023-1446Watchdog Anti-Virus IoControlCode wsdk-driver.sys 0x80002008 denial of service

Medium 5.5

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in Anti-Virus from Watchdog. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 26% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.5Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 73.9% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Watchdog Anti-Virus 1.4.214.0. Affected by this vulnerability is the function 0x80002004/0x80002008 in the library wsdk-driver.sys of the component IoControlCode Handler. The manipulation leads to denial of service. An attack has to be approached locally. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-223291.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Watchdog	Anti-Virus	1.4.214.0

Weakness: CWE-404 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

https://vuldb.com/?id.223291 vdb-entry, technical-description
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.223291 signature, permissions-required
https://github.com/zeze-zeze/WindowsKernelVuln/tree/master/CVE-2023-1446 related
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zjK_DMjHz41RMpfa0iLQ4GXKQwEr4z2T/view exploit