CVE-2023-1446

5.5 mediumEPSS 0.3%

Medium (5.5) in watchdog anti-virus. EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

5.5 medium

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 26% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWEs: CWE-476, CWE-404
Published: 2023-03-17
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

watchdog:anti-virus

References

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zjK_DMjHz41RMpfa0iLQ4GXKQwEr4z2T/view
https://github.com/zeze-zeze/WindowsKernelVuln/tree/master/CVE-2023-1446
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.223291
https://vuldb.com/?id.223291
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zjK_DMjHz41RMpfa0iLQ4GXKQwEr4z2T/view

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