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Windows MTP Driver EUVDEUVD-2026-100004

| CVE-2026-83794 MEDIUM
Out-of-bounds Read (CWE-125)
2026-10-13 secure@microsoft.com GHSA-6qjj-47rm-c5xg
5.5
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: microsoft
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Attack ChainAIDerived

Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain

  1. Access
    Authenticated local access to host
  2. Delivery
    Present/connect portable device over MTP
  3. Exploit
    Send crafted MTP request to driver
  4. Execution
    Trigger out-of-bounds read (CWE-125)
  5. Impact
    Disclose adjacent memory contents

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
ASVS 5.0
V15 - Secure Coding and Architecture Bounds checking, read limits
MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique across 1 tactic: Collection

The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up.

Exploitation Conditions

Requires local, authenticated access to the Windows host (PR:L) and interaction with the Windows Portable Device MTP (Media Transfer Protocol) driver - typically achieved by connecting or emulating a portable device (phone, camera, media player) and issuing crafted MTP protocol requests that the driver mishandles, causing an out-of-bounds read. No user interaction by a victim is required (UI:N). Limiting factors that reduce real-world risk: the attacker must already have a local account/code-execution foothold on the machine (no remote vector, AV:L), impact is confined to information disclosure (C:H, I:N, A:N), and CISA SSVC reports no known or expected exploitation. The flaw affects a broad range of Windows client and Server builds (Windows 10/11, Server 2012 through 2025) per the EUVD version list, patched in the vendor-specified builds.

Impact

This is a medium-severity local information-disclosure flaw (CVSS 5.5) that should be treated as routine patch-cycle priority rather than an emergency. The CVSS vector (AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/C:H/I:N/A:N) confirms exploitation requires local access and existing low-level authorization, with impact limited to confidentiality - no integrity or availability loss. CISA's SSVC framework reinforces low urgency: Exploitation=none (no observed or expected exploitation), Automatable=no, and Technical Impact=partial. There is no CISA KEV listing and no public exploit identified at time of analysis, so this is no public exploit identified at time of analysis. EPSS data was NOT provided in the input, so probability-of-exploitation cannot be quantified here - however, the SSVC 'Exploitation: none' signal and the local/authenticated requirement both argue against widespread opportunistic abuse. The signals are internally consistent (medium CVSS, no exploitation evidence, confidentiality-only impact), with no contradictions to flag. Net: a genuine but low-to-moderate-priority issue - most valuable to an attacker as a secondary step (e.g., leaking memory to defeat ASLR) rather than a standalone threat.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An attacker who already has a low-privileged local foothold on a Windows host interacts with the Portable Device / MTP driver - for example by presenting a connected or emulated portable device and issuing crafted MTP commands - to trigger an out-of-bounds read. The leaked driver/kernel memory could reveal sensitive data or address-layout information useful for chaining into a privilege-escalation exploit. No public proof-of-concept exploit was identified in the provided data.

This Month Plan within 30 days. Why: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9).
Patch available 0.4% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Oct 14, 2026

An out-of-bounds read in the Windows Portable Device MTP (Media Transfer Protocol) driver lets a locally authenticated attacker disclose memory contents from the host, rated CVSS 5.5 (AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N). The attacker must already hold a local account or code-execution foothold on the machine and must be able to present a portable device (physical, emulated, or over a bridged interface) that issues crafted MTP requests to the vulnerable driver; no victim user interaction is required. Exploitation status is limited: CISA SSVC reports no known or expected exploitation and no public exploit code was identified at time of analysis, so this is a routine patch-cycle priority rather than an emergency. A vendor patch is available and the affected build list spans Windows 10, Windows 11, and Windows Server 2012 through 2025.

RemediationAI

Vendor-released patch: Microsoft has published a security update for this CVE (patch available per vendor advisory), and each affected branch should be brought to at least the fixed build shown in the vendor guidance - for example Windows 11 24H2/25H2/26H2 to 10.0.26100.9711/10.0.26200.9711/10.0.26300.9711, Windows 10 21H2/22H2 to 10.0.19044.7807, Windows Server 2022 to 10.0.20348.5761, and Windows Server 2025 to 10.0.26100.33650 - confirming the applied build via the Microsoft Security Update Guide at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-83794. Because the vector requires local access plus a device-side MTP endpoint, compensating controls can reduce exposure where patching must be staged: enforce Device Installation Restrictions via Group Policy (Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > System > Device Installation) to deny installation of portable/MTP-class devices so untrusted hardware cannot reach the driver, understanding the trade-off that legitimate phone, camera, and media-player sync on managed endpoints will break; disable or restrict the Windows Portable Device Enumerator Service on hosts that do not need MTP, accepting loss of WPD-based media and device management functionality; and, in virtualized or VDI environments, disable USB redirection or pass-through of MTP-capable devices to guest VMs, which removes the attack path but blocks legitimate USB device use. Given SSVC rates exploitation as none and no public exploit code was identified, these workarounds are reasonable short-term measures rather than a substitute for applying the update during the normal patch cycle.

Affected VersionsENISA

Windows Server 2025 (Server Core installation) 10.0.26100.0 <10.0.26100.33650
Windows Server 2012 R2 6.3.9600.0 <6.3.9600.23470
Windows Server 2012 (Server Core installation) 6.2.9200.0 <6.2.9200.26434
Windows 10 Version 21H2 10.0.19044.0 <10.0.19044.7807
Windows Server 2012 R2 (Server Core installation) 6.3.9600.0 <6.3.9600.23470
Windows 10 Version 1607 10.0.14393.0 <10.0.14393.9612
Windows 11 Version 24H2 10.0.26100.0 <10.0.26100.9711
Windows Server 2016 10.0.14393.0 <10.0.14393.9612
Windows 11 Version 26H2 10.0.26300.0 <10.0.26300.9711
Windows Server 2025 10.0.26100.0 <10.0.26100.33650
Windows 11 Version 23H2 10.0.22631.0 <10.0.22631.7652
Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation) 10.0.14393.0 <10.0.14393.9612
Windows Server 2019 10.0.17763.0 <10.0.17763.9376
Windows Server 2012 6.2.9200.0 <6.2.9200.26434
Windows Server 2022 10.0.20348.0 <10.0.20348.5761
Windows 11 Version 25H2 10.0.26200.0 <10.0.26200.9711
Windows 10 Version 1809 10.0.17763.0 <10.0.17763.9376
Windows 11 version 26H1 10.0.28000.0 <10.0.28000.3231
Windows 10 Version 22H2 10.0.19045.0 <10.0.19044.7807
Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation) 10.0.17763.0 <10.0.17763.9376

Affected Packages

euvd windows_10_version_1607 fix: 10.0.14393.9612
euvd windows_10_version_1809 fix: 10.0.17763.9376
euvd windows_10_version_21h2 fix: 10.0.19044.7807
euvd windows_10_version_22h2 fix: 10.0.19044.7807
euvd windows_11_version_23h2 fix: 10.0.22631.7652
euvd windows_11_version_24h2 fix: 10.0.26100.9711
euvd windows_11_version_25h2 fix: 10.0.26200.9711
euvd windows_11_version_26h1 fix: 10.0.28000.3231
euvd windows_11_version_26h2 fix: 10.0.26300.9711
euvd windows_server_2012 fix: 6.2.9200.26434
euvd windows_server_2012_r2 fix: 6.3.9600.23470
euvd windows_server_2012_r2_server_core_installation fix: 6.3.9600.23470
euvd windows_server_2012_server_core_installation fix: 6.2.9200.26434
euvd windows_server_2016 fix: 10.0.14393.9612
euvd windows_server_2016_server_core_installation fix: 10.0.14393.9612
euvd windows_server_2019 fix: 10.0.17763.9376
euvd windows_server_2019_server_core_installation fix: 10.0.17763.9376
euvd windows_server_2022 fix: 10.0.20348.5761
euvd windows_server_2025 fix: 10.0.26100.33650
euvd windows_server_2025_server_core_installation fix: 10.0.26100.33650

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

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Affects 20 packages in euvd

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Technical ContextAI · show details

The flaw is a classic CWE-125 out-of-bounds read in the Windows Portable Device (WPD) stack, specifically the driver handling Media Transfer Protocol traffic used for phones, cameras, and media players. MTP is a USB-level protocol in which the host and device exchange structured containers (operation, data, and response packets) that carry device-supplied length and parameter fields; if the driver trusts a device-supplied length or index when copying data into a host buffer without validating it against the actual buffer bounds, it reads past the end of an allocation and can copy adjacent kernel or process memory back to the caller. Because the input source is a local device endpoint and the caller must already be running code or holding an interactive session on the host, the CVSS vector is AV:L/PR:L/UI:N with confidentiality-only impact (C:H/I:N/A:N) - there is no privilege escalation, integrity, or availability component. The CPE/version data shows the affected component ships in every supported Windows client and server branch, including Windows 10 1607/1809/21H2/22H2, Windows 11 23H2/24H2/25H2/26H1/26H2, Windows Server 2012, 2012 R2, 2016, 2019, 2022, and 2025 in both full and Server Core installations, indicating a long-lived shared driver binary rather than a recently introduced regression.

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Severity by source

Vendor (microsoft) PRIMARY 5.5 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
vuln.today AI 5.5 MEDIUM

Local driver interaction requires a logged-on low-privileged user (AV:L, PR:L); out-of-bounds read reliably leaks memory (C:H) with no integrity or availability effect.

3.1 AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
4.0 AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Primary rating from Vendor (microsoft).

CVSS VectorVendor: microsoft

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None

Lifecycle Timeline

2
Patch available
Oct 13, 2026 - 20:20 EUVD
CVE Published
Oct 13, 2026 - 19:20 cve.org
MEDIUM 5.5

DescriptionCVE.org

Out-of-bounds read in Windows Portable Device MTP Driver allows an authorized attacker to disclose information locally.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.4%
Top 68% exploitable
Prevalence
Ubiquitous
Core Windows OS driver present across virtually all Windows deployments
Vendor Status
Publicly Disclosed:No
Exploited:No
Latest Software Release:Exploitation Unlikely
Data Quality
5 sources
Confidence: Medium

How this decision was reached

The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.

SignalValue
Severity MEDIUM
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS 0.4%
Patch available Yes
Active threat No
Deciding rule
MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9)
What every action level means
Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.
Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.
This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.
This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.
Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

SSVC AssessmentENISA

SSVC Decision· derived
Defer
Exploitation
None
System Exposure· derived
Small
Automatable
No
Human Impact· derived
Medium
Technical Impact
Partial

Priority Score

28
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +28
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

A buffer overflow occurs when a program writes more data to a memory buffer than it was allocated to hold, causing the excess data to spill into adjacent memory regions.

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