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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
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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.
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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
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Source reference
Unverified legacy reference
URL: https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-12217
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Source reference
Unverified legacy reference
URL: https://vuldb.com/submit/833857
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Source reference
Unverified legacy reference
URL: https://vuldb.com/vuln/370860
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Source reference
Unverified legacy reference
URL: https://vuldb.com/vuln/370860/cti
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Source reference
Unverified legacy reference
URL: https://winslow1984.com/books/cve-collection/page/dvdfab-virtual-drive-kernel-driver-dvdfabiosys-local-privilege-escalation
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.