Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessObtain local low-privileged access
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ExploitIssue crafted request to Bluetooth driver
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ExecutionTrigger out-of-bounds read (CWE-125)
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ImpactDisclose adjacent kernel memory
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ASVS 5.0
V15 - Secure Coding and Architecture Bounds checking, read limits
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| Exploitation Conditions | Exploitation requires the attacker to already have local, authenticated access with at least low-level privileges (PR:L) on a Windows system running a vulnerable Bluetooth Driver build; no user interaction is needed (UI:N). The limiting factors are significant: there is no network attack surface (AV:L), the attacker must already be executing code on the target, and the impact is confined to information disclosure (C:H, I:N, A:N) - no code execution, data tampering, or denial of service results directly. The Bluetooth Driver stack must be present and reachable by the attacker's privilege level; systems with Bluetooth disabled or drivers unloaded present a reduced attack surface. |
| Impact | This is a moderate-severity, low-priority issue despite the HIGH confidentiality impact in the CVSS vector. The CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N) confirms exploitation requires LOCAL access and existing low-level privileges (authenticated), which sharply limits real-world risk - a remote unauthenticated attacker cannot reach it. CISA's SSVC framework reinforces low urgency: Exploitation=none (no observed or public exploitation), Automatable=no (cannot be mass-scaled), Technical Impact=partial. No EPSS score was provided in the input, and the CVE is NOT on the CISA KEV list, so there is no evidence of active exploitation. No POC was indicated. The signals are internally consistent: a local info-disclosure bug (out-of-bounds read, CWE-125) scoring 5.5 with C:H but I:N/A:N means an attacker already on the machine could leak kernel/driver memory contents but cannot modify data or crash the system. This is a defense-in-depth patch-on-cycle item, not an emergency - realistic value is primarily as a secondary primitive (e.g., defeating ASLR / leaking sensitive memory) in a larger local exploit chain. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A local attacker who has already obtained low-privileged code execution on a Windows host (e.g., a standard user account or a sandboxed process) interacts with the Microsoft Bluetooth Driver to trigger an out-of-bounds read, causing the driver to return adjacent kernel memory contents. The leaked data (e.g., pointers or sensitive kernel structures) can be used to defeat memory protections and assist privilege escalation. No public exploit identified at time of analysis, and the local-access, low-privilege requirement limits this to post-compromise use. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Oct 14, 2026
Information disclosure in the Microsoft Bluetooth Driver allows a locally authenticated attacker with low-level privileges to trigger an out-of-bounds memory read and obtain sensitive data from the affected Windows host. The issue spans an unusually broad servicing footprint covering Windows 10 (1607 through 22H2), Windows 11 (23H2 through 26H2) and Windows Server 2016, 2019, 2022 and 2025, including Server Core installations, and is scored CVSS 5.5 with high confidentiality impact but no integrity or availability impact. There is no public exploit identified at time of analysis and no evidence of active exploitation (CISA SSVC exploitation: none), so this rates as a moderate-severity, low-priority hardening item rather than an emergency; Microsoft has already published fixed builds, so remediation is a routine servicing update applied to the Bluetooth driver stack.
RemediationAI
Vendor-released patch is available: apply the current Microsoft cumulative update so each affected branch reaches or exceeds its fixed build - 10.0.14393.9612 for Windows 10 1607 and Windows Server 2016, 10.0.17763.9376 for Windows 10 1809 and Windows Server 2019, 10.0.19044.7807 for Windows 10 21H2 and 22H2, 10.0.22631.7652 for Windows 11 23H2, 10.0.26100.9711 for Windows 11 24H2, 10.0.26200.9711 for Windows 11 25H2, 10.0.28000.3231 for Windows 11 26H1, 10.0.26300.9711 for Windows 11 26H2, 10.0.20348.5761 for Windows Server 2022, and 10.0.26100.33650 for Windows Server 2025 and Server Core. Patch routing and supersedence details are in the MSRC advisory at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-83760. Because exploitation requires local authenticated access, deployment should be prioritized on multi-user and shared-workstation estates where untrusted or low-privileged users can execute code, ahead of single-user endpoints. Where patching must be deferred, the most effective compensating control is to disable Bluetooth entirely on hosts that do not need it - power off the radio in Settings, disable the Bluetooth Support Service, or disable the Bluetooth adapter in Device Manager - with the trade-off that all Bluetooth peripherals, including keyboards, mice, headsets and tethering, stop working, so this is only practical on fixed workstations and servers. On systems that require Bluetooth, restrict local interactive logon and privilege assignment to trusted accounts, since the flaw is only reachable by an attacker who is already executing locally with at least low privileges; this does not eliminate the bug but removes the attacker's foothold, at the cost of reduced operational flexibility for shared machines. Note that disabling the radio does not remove the vulnerable driver binary, and the driver may still be reachable by privileged callers, so these workarounds are temporary measures to be replaced by patching rather than substitutes for it.
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Technical ContextAI · show details
The root cause is CWE-125, an out-of-bounds read, which in a kernel-mode Bluetooth driver typically arises when a malformed or unexpectedly sized request or buffer descriptor is processed without adequate length validation, causing the driver to read past the end of an allocated buffer and return adjacent memory contents to the caller. The affected component is the Windows Bluetooth driver stack, reachable only through the local operating system's driver interface - the CVSS vector AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N confirms the attacker must already hold local, authenticated low-privilege execution on the target machine, that the exploit is low complexity once those prerequisites are met, that no user interaction is required, and that the scope is unchanged with impact confined to confidentiality. Because the vector shows AV:L rather than AV:A or AV:N, this is not reachable over the air or across the network Bluetooth transport by an unpaired remote device; it is a local privilege-boundary information leak against the driver's own interface. Exploitability is further constrained by the need for the Bluetooth driver stack to be present and reachable at the attacker's privilege level: hosts with Bluetooth hardware disabled, the radio turned off, or the driver stack unloaded present a materially reduced attack surface. No code execution, tampering or denial-of-service outcome is described, and the CISA SSVC assessment (Exploitation: none, Automatable: no, Technical Impact: partial) is consistent with a non-wormable, non-automated local information-disclosure defect rather than a remotely triggerable compromise.
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AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Local driver bug needing existing low-privilege code execution, so AV:L/PR:L/AC:L; out-of-bounds read leaks memory giving C:H with no integrity or availability impact.
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2DescriptionCVE.org
Out-of-bounds read in Microsoft Bluetooth Driver allows an authorized attacker to disclose information locally.
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