CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-36425

MediumCVSS 6.5
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.42%

34th percentile - higher than 34% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the OPSWAT AppRemover driver (ardrv.sys) version 2017.10.02.1551 and earlier, the IOCTL handler 0x2420031 lacks privilege validation. Any local user can open the device and send process termination requests.

Risk Assessment

An attacker with local access can arbitrarily terminate processes, leading to denial of service (DoS) or system instability.

Recommendation

Update the OPSWAT AppRemover driver to the latest version that includes the privilege validation fix in the IOCTL handler.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

An issue in OPSWAT AppRemover Driver (ardrv.sys) v2017.10.02.1551 and earlier in IOCTL handler 0x2420031. Any local user can open the device and send process termination requests without privilege validation.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS