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Windows UDFS Driver EUVDEUVD-2026-100048

| CVE-2026-85909 MEDIUM
Untrusted Pointer Dereference (CWE-822)
2026-10-13 secure@microsoft.com GHSA-h9j8-39vh-87j6
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
    Obtain local low-privileged access
  2. Delivery
    Supply crafted UDF image/removable media
  3. Exploit
    Trigger out-of-bounds read in UDFS driver
  4. Execution
    Read adjacent kernel memory
  5. Impact
    Disclose sensitive information

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
ASVS 5.0
V15 - Secure Coding and Architecture Untrusted pointer prevention
Exploitation Conditions

Requires local, authenticated access (PR:L) to a Windows system and the ability to make the Universal Disk Format File System (UDFS) driver parse an attacker-controlled UDF-formatted volume - e.g. a crafted ISO/optical-disc image, UDF-formatted removable media, or a mountable disk image. There is no remote vector (AV:L) and no user interaction by a separate victim is modeled (UI:N); the attacker themselves must trigger the parse. Exploitation is limited to information disclosure (C:H, I:N, A:N) with no code execution or system modification, and SSVC rates it non-automatable, so it cannot be mass-exploited. The main limiting factors are the local-access and low-privilege prerequisites plus the need to get the UDFS driver to process malicious input.

Impact

This is a moderate-severity, low-urgency issue by all available signals, and they are consistent with one another. The CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N = 5.5) describes a local, low-complexity attack requiring low privileges, with high confidentiality impact but no integrity or availability impact - i.e. pure information disclosure, not code execution. CISA SSVC reinforces low priority: Exploitation=none (no observed or public exploitation), Automatable=no (cannot be reliably mass-exploited), Technical Impact=partial. There is no CISA KEV listing and no public exploit identified, so exploitation status is 'no public exploit identified at time of analysis.' No EPSS score was provided in the input, so probabilistic exploitation likelihood cannot be quantified. The one notable tension is the 'Buffer Overflow' tag versus the actual weakness: the description and CWE-822 (untrusted pointer dereference) describe an out-of-bounds READ causing information disclosure, not a classic overflow with write/code-execution potential - treat the tag as approximate, not as evidence of RCE. Overall this is a genuine but low-priority defect: local-only access requirement and info-disclosure-only impact place it well below internet-facing or wormable flaws, despite the C:H rating.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

A local, low-privileged attacker on a Windows host presents the UDFS driver with a maliciously crafted UDF file-system image (for example a booby-trapped optical disc image, ISO, or removable-media volume) and induces the system to parse it. The out-of-bounds read causes the driver to return adjacent kernel/driver memory contents, leaking potentially sensitive data such as pointers or secrets to the attacker. No public exploit code has been identified at the time of analysis.

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

Local information disclosure in the Windows Universal Disk Format File System (UDFS) driver allows an authenticated local attacker to leak memory contents by supplying a crafted UDF-formatted volume - such as a malicious ISO disc image, UDF-formatted removable media, or a mountable disk image - for the driver to parse. Successful exploitation is limited to confidentiality impact (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N, base 5.5), with no code execution, persistence, or denial of service; CWE-822 points to improper handling of an untrusted pointer/offset during parsing. There is no public exploit identified at time of analysis, CISA's SSVC assessment rates the issue as non-automatable with partial technical impact, and vendor-released patches are available, so this is a moderate-severity, low-urgency issue across supported Windows client and server releases.

RemediationAI

Install the Microsoft security update for CVE-2026-85909 from the MSRC update guide (https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-85909); the EUVD feed records the minimum patched builds as 10.0.22631.7652 (Windows 11 23H2), 10.0.26100.9711 (Windows 11 24H2), 10.0.26300.9711 (Windows 11 26H2), 10.0.26200.9711 (Windows 11 25H2), 10.0.28000.3231 (Windows 11 26H1), 10.0.19044.7807 (Windows 10 21H2/22H2), 10.0.17763.9376 (Windows 10 1809 and Windows Server 2019), 10.0.14393.9612 (Windows 10 1607 and Windows Server 2016), 10.0.20348.5761 (Windows Server 2022), 10.0.26100.33650 (Windows Server 2025 client/server), 6.2.9200.26434 (Windows Server 2012) and 6.3.9600.23470 (Windows Server 2012 R2), so validate that deployed build numbers meet or exceed these. Where immediate patching is not possible, the most effective compensating control is to prevent untrusted volumes from reaching the UDFS parser: restrict who can mount disk images and attach removable media (Windows requires administrative rights for Mount-DiskImage, so removing or tightly auditing that privilege on low-privilege accounts blocks the primary local trigger), and, on systems that never need optical or UDF media, disable the UDFS driver (udfs.sys) - accepting the trade-off that UDF-formatted DVDs, Blu-ray discs, and ISO/UDF disk images will no longer be readable until the driver is re-enabled. File-system-level controls are of limited value here because the flaw is in the driver's parsing of the volume itself rather than in permissions on mounted content, and download/mount of untrusted ISO images should be blocked by policy or application control as an interim measure.

Affected VersionsENISA

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

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 Universal Disk Format (UDF) is the ISO/IEC 13346 file system standard used for optical media such as DVD, Blu-ray, and many ISO images, and Windows implements its support in the kernel-mode UDFS driver (udfs.sys). Because the file system structures are parsed from media that an attacker can fully control, the driver is a classic local privilege/attack surface: volume recognition sequences, descriptor tags, partition maps, file entry (ICB) structures, and allocation descriptors all contain length and offset fields that must be bounds-checked before being dereferenced. This CVE is an out-of-bounds read tracked as CWE-822 (Untrusted Pointer Offset), meaning a pointer or offset value taken from the untrusted on-disk structure is used without adequate validation, causing the driver to read memory outside the intended buffer and return or expose that data - the root-cause class covers insufficient validation of attacker-supplied offsets/lengths when computing read locations. The relevant CVSS vector confirms the scope is unchanged, no integrity or availability impact is modeled, and the attacker must already hold local credentials (PR:L) to trigger the parse; there is no network vector and no separate victim interaction is required because the attacker supplies and mounts the crafted volume themselves.

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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-only driver parsing requires an authenticated low-priv user (AV:L/PR:L), is low-complexity, and yields memory disclosure only, so C:H with I:N/A:N.

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 - 19:21 cve.org
MEDIUM 5.5

DescriptionCVE.org

Out-of-bounds read in Windows Universal Disk Format File System Driver (UDFS) allows an authorized attacker to disclose information locally.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.4%
Top 68% exploitable
Prevalence
Ubiquitous
UDFS is a built-in driver shipped in all supported Windows editions
Vendor Status
Publicly Disclosed:No
Exploited:No
Latest Software Release:Exploitation Less Likely
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

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