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CVE-2026-12217 DVDFab CVE debrief

CVE-2026-12217 is a HIGH severity vulnerability in DVDFab Virtual Drive 2.0.0.5. The vulnerability impacts an unknown function in the library dvdfabio.sys of the component Signed Kernel Driver, allowing for improper privilege management. An attack has to be approached locally. The exploit has been disclosed publicly and may be used. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

Vendor
DVDFab
Product
Virtual Drive
CVSS
HIGH 7.1
CISA KEV
Not listed in stored evidence
Original CVE published
2026-06-15
Original CVE updated
2026-06-15
Advisory published
2026-06-15
Advisory updated
2026-06-15

Who should care

Users of DVDFab Virtual Drive 2.0.0.5 should apply patches or mitigations as available to prevent local privilege escalation attacks.

Technical summary

The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.1 and is classified as HIGH severity. The CVSS vector is CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X. The weaknesses associated with this vulnerability are CWE-266 and CWE-269.

Defensive priority

High

Recommended defensive actions

  • Apply patches or updates provided by the vendor as soon as possible.
  • Use secure practices when interacting with local systems to prevent exploitation.

Evidence notes

The CVE record was obtained from https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-12217 [cve-org]. Additional details were sourced from https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-12217 [nvd].

Sources and references

Verified primary and authoritative sources

  • CVE-2026-12217 CVE Program record

    Publisher, destination, and source semantics verified

    URL: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-12217

    CVE Program - Official CVE Program record with source-provided CVE metadata.

  • CVE-2026-12217 NVD vulnerability detail

    Publisher, destination, and source semantics verified

    URL: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-12217

    NIST National Vulnerability Database - Official NIST NVD detail page and source-specific vulnerability assessment.

Supplemental references

Methodology and review provenance

AI-assisted synthesis based on stored public vulnerability evidence. System validation, approval state, and publication status do not by themselves establish human review of this revision. PatchSiren helps prioritize defensive review and does not prove exposure or remediation on any system.