CVEvulnerability
CVE-2026-8501
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Awaiting Analysis
- Published
- 2026-06-01
- Last modified
- 2026-07-22
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-782
Description
Improper access control in the PCTCore64.sys Windows kernel driver from PC Tools Internet Security allows user-mode processes to access the PCTCoreDriver WDM device interface and invoke privileged IOCTL handlers. A local attacker with the ability to access or load the affected driver can exploit this vulnerability to perform sensitive and privileged operations on the target system.
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-782 Exposed IOCTL with Insufficient Access Control weakness
References
- https://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/158530 kb.cert.org
- https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/security/application-security/application-control/app-control-for-business/design/microsoft-recommended-driver-block-rules learn.microsoft.com
- https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/secauthz/security-descriptor-definition-language learn.microsoft.com
- https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/158530 www.kb.cert.org