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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD6.9 Medium

CVE-2026-92254

WatchDog Antivirus kernel driver arbitrary file deletion via unauthenticated IOCTL

Description

Missing Authorization in the IOCTL handlers of the wsdkd.sys kernel drivers in Watchdog WatchDog Antivirus 1.8.640 (driver versions 1.3.0.0 and earlier) on Microsoft Windows allows local, low-privileged attackers to delete arbitrary files with SYSTEM privileges, bypassing NTFS access controls and potentially disabling security products or destabilizing the operating system, via crafted IOCTL requests sent to the \Device\wsdk device.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

Watchdog Anti-Virus

Default version status: unaffected

  • 1.8.640 to < 1.8.804affected

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