CVE-2023-1453

7.1 highEPSS 0.3%

High (7.1) in watchdog anti-virus. EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

7.1 high

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

EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 25% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-284
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/1ivMk1uVAvPCCAxqiD2BW9gD1TsktQkpi/view
https://github.com/zeze-zeze/WindowsKernelVuln/tree/master/CVE-2023-1453
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.223298
https://vuldb.com/?id.223298
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ivMk1uVAvPCCAxqiD2BW9gD1TsktQkpi/view

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