Vulnerability · Published Mar 17, 2023 · Assigned by VulDB

CVE-2023-1453Watchdog Anti-Virus IoControlCode wsdk-driver.sys 0x80002008 access control

Medium 4.4

In plain English

A medium-severity improper access control 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)4.4Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 74.0% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

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.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Watchdog	Anti-Virus	1.4.214.0

Weakness: CWE-284 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

References

https://vuldb.com/?id.223298 vdb-entry, technical-description
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.223298 signature, permissions-required
https://github.com/zeze-zeze/WindowsKernelVuln/tree/master/CVE-2023-1453 related
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ivMk1uVAvPCCAxqiD2BW9gD1TsktQkpi/view exploit