Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessObtain low-privileged local account
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ExploitInvoke Microsoft Trace Data Helper interface
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ExecutionRead sensitive system information across trust boundary
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ImpactHarvest data for privilege escalation
Vulnerability Assessment
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CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V14 - Data Protection System info exposure prevention
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| Exploitation Conditions | Exploitation requires the attacker to already have local, interactive or code-execution access to an affected Windows host with at least low-privileged authenticated credentials (CVSS PR:L, AV:L) - this is not remotely or anonymously reachable. The flaw lies in the Microsoft Trace Data Helper component, so the attacker must be able to invoke or interact with that tracing/diagnostics functionality to trigger the sensitive-information disclosure. Limiting factors: no remote vector, mandatory local foothold, and required authentication substantially narrow the exploit population to post-compromise or malicious-insider scenarios; impact is confined to confidentiality (C:H, I:N, A:N) with no code execution or system modification. Affected builds span essentially all supported Windows editions (Windows 10 1607 through 11 26H2, and Windows Server 2012 through 2025), so the condition is simply running an unpatched supported Windows version. |
| Impact | This is a genuinely moderate-to-low priority issue, and the signals are internally consistent rather than conflicting. The CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N, base 5.5) describes a locally-exploitable information-disclosure flaw requiring low privileges, with high confidentiality impact but no integrity or availability impact - matching the CWE-497 (exposure of sensitive system information) classification and the description's 'disclose information locally' / 'authorized attacker' language. CISA's SSVC framework reinforces low urgency: Exploitation=none (no observed or proof-of-concept activity), Automatable=no (cannot be reliably scripted at scale), and 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 or elevated exploitation probability. The local attack vector plus required authentication (PR:L) means an attacker must already have a foothold with a valid, albeit low-privileged, account on the host - this is a privilege/information-boundary bypass useful in post-compromise lateral movement or privilege-escalation chains, not an internet-facing entry point. Bottom line: a legitimate patch-management item, especially given the near-universal Windows footprint, but not an emergency relative to remotely exploitable or actively exploited vulnerabilities. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A low-privileged but authenticated local user (or malware already running in a standard user context) interacts with the Microsoft Trace Data Helper component and reads sensitive system information it should not be able to access, such as memory contents or configuration data belonging to a higher trust boundary. The disclosed data could then feed a follow-on privilege-escalation or lateral-movement step. No public exploit identified at time of analysis, and CISA SSVC marks exploitation as none. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Oct 14, 2026
Local information disclosure in the Microsoft Windows Trace Data Helper component allows an attacker who already holds low-privileged credentials and code-execution or interactive access on a Windows host to read sensitive system information that should be outside their authorization boundary (CVSS 3.1 base 5.5, AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N). Every unpatched supported Windows release is affected - Windows 10 from 1607 through 22H2, Windows 11 from 23H2 through 26H2, and Windows Server 2012 through 2025 - so the exposure condition is simply running an unpatched build. Exploitation status signals are benign: CISA SSVC records Exploitation: none and Automatable: no, there is no KEV listing and no public exploit identified at time of analysis, although an information-disclosure bug of this class can be reliably triggered once an attacker is already on the box, making it a post-compromise or malicious-insider amplifier rather than a remote entry point. Vendor-released patches are available from Microsoft for all affected builds.
RemediationAI
Vendor-released patch: install the current Microsoft cumulative security update for each affected branch via the Microsoft Security Update Guide (https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-70261) - the target build levels are 6.2.9200.26434 for Server 2012, 6.3.9600.23470 for Server 2012 R2, 10.0.14393.9612 for Windows 10 1607/Server 2016, 10.0.17763.9376 for Windows 10 1809/Server 2019, 10.0.19044.7807 for Windows 10 21H2/22H2, 10.0.20348.5761 for Server 2022, 10.0.26100.33650 (or 10.0.26100.9711) for Server 2025/Windows 11 24H2, 10.0.22631.7652 for Windows 11 23H2, 10.0.26200.9711 for Windows 11 25H2, 10.0.26300.9711 for Windows 11 26H2, and 10.0.28000.3231 for Windows 11 26H1; prioritize hosts where untrusted or low-privileged users already have interactive or code-execution access, which is the prerequisite for this bug. Because there is no remote vector and no patch-free compromise path here, the effective compensating control is privilege hygiene rather than network filtering: keep the number of accounts with local logon and code-execution rights on sensitive servers to a minimum, tighten who can invoke tracing and diagnostic tooling (trace/ETW session creation and diagnostic helper utilities), and audit for abuse of that tooling. Note the trade-off that restricting trace/diagnostics privileges can impede legitimate troubleshooting and monitoring agents, so scope the restriction to high-value hosts rather than applying it fleet-wide. Detection should focus on local-privilege escalation reconnaissance and unusual diagnostic-helper invocation, since the issue only manifests after an attacker already holds a low-privileged local foothold - meaning patching alone does not remove the need to investigate any host where such a foothold was obtained.
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The root cause class is CWE-497, Exposure of Sensitive System Information to an Unauthorized Control Sphere, mapped here to Windows Trace Data Helper - the tracing/diagnostics plumbing that Windows components use to emit and broker event and trace data. Because the flaw is an access-control shortfall in how that helper exposes system information rather than a memory-safety or parsing defect, the consequence is strictly confidentiality (C:H) with no integrity (I:N) or availability (A:N) impact and no scope change (S:U). Authentication requirements are explicit in the vector: PR:L, so the actor must already be authenticated at low privilege, and AV:L confirms the attack surface is local rather than network-reachable; UI:N means no additional user interaction is needed once the attacker can invoke the tracing/diagnostics functionality. The vulnerability is not automatable per CISA SSVC and carries partial technical impact. CPE/EUVD build data show the defect exists across the NT 6.2/6.3 (Server 2012/2012 R2), 10.0.14393 (1607/Server 2016), 10.0.17763 (1809/Server 2019), 10.0.19044/19045 (Windows 10 21H2/22H2), 10.0.20348 (Server 2022), 10.0.22631/26100/26200/26300/28000 (Windows 11 23H2 through 26H1/26H2), and 10.0.26100 (Server 2025) servicing branches - i.e., a fix shipped simultaneously across the entire supported Windows servicing tree.
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Severity by source
AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Local access and low-privileged authentication are required (AV:L, PR:L), the flaw discloses sensitive system data (C:H) with no integrity or availability impact and no scope change.
Primary rating from Vendor (microsoft).
CVSS VectorVendor: microsoft
Lifecycle Timeline
2DescriptionCVE.org
Exposure of sensitive system information to an unauthorized control sphere in Microsoft Trace Data Helper allows an authorized attacker to disclose information locally.
Threat Intelligence Overview
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