CVSS base score: 7.0 (High) vendor CNA · v3.1
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Microsoft Windows Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock Use-After-Free Vulnerability
Vendor: Microsoft Product: Windows Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock
Microsoft Windows Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock contains a use-after-free vulnerability that allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
Each milestone comes from a different source, so gaps between them are gaps in what those sources publish, not evidence that nothing happened. EPSS history for this CVE holds 18 points from 2026-08-15, tracked daily from 2026-09-09; earlier points are weekly, which dates a spike to within a week. Peak probability 6.2% on 2026-08-29.
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What each source publishes about which product versions carry this vulnerability, kept as written rather than merged. Absence here means no source has published applicability data, not that nothing is affected.
| Date | Source | Article |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-17 | Check Point Research | 17th August – Threat Intelligence Report |
| 2026-08-12 | BleepingComputer | Lazarus hackers exploited Windows zero-day to target defense firms |
| 2026-08-11 | SANS Internet Storm Center | Microsoft Patch Tuesday August 2026, (Tue, Aug 11th) |
| 2026-08-11 | The Hacker News | Microsoft Patches 398 Flaws Including a Windows Driver Zero-Day Under Active Attack |
| 2026-08-11 | Check Point Research | Shattering the Dream – When a Job Offer Becomes a Zero-Day Attack |
Articles from monitored vendor research blogs and security news feeds that specifically mention this CVE. Coverage begins when feed monitoring started; earlier articles are not indexed.
Coverage across public collections only: Nuclei and OpenVAS NVT (scan);
Snort and Suricata ET Open (network); Sigma and YARA (host/SIEM);
Metasploit, Exploit-DB and public GitHub repositories (exploit). Absence
here means nothing public was found, not that detection is impossible.
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its individual Vulnerability Tests are licensed
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Windows Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
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Defensive techniques inferred by MITRE D3FEND from the underlying weakness (CWE-416) — general hardening and detection guidance for this weakness class, not a vendor patch for this specific CVE.
| Source | Date | Record |
|---|---|---|
| CISA KEV | 2026-08-11 | source record → |
| CISA Vulnrichment | 2026-08-11 | source record → |
| Date | Advisory | Issuer |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-12 | Microsoft Releases August 2026 Security Updates | JPCERT/CC |
| 2026-08-11 | CISA Adds Three Known Exploited Vulnerabilities to Catalog | CISA |
No exploit-tool sightings recorded for this CVE.
Evidence tiers are explained on the About page — a merged Metasploit module is far stronger evidence than a distro package mention.