Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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ReconObtain low-privileged local user shell
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DeliveryEnumerate \\.\ddmdrv device object
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ExploitOpen handle to vulnerable driver
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InstallIssue crafted IOCTL per public PoC
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C2Driver performs privileged operation in kernel context
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ExecuteEscalate to NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
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ImpactDisable defenses and persist
Vulnerability Assessment
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CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V8 - Authorization Access control enforcement
MITRE ATT&CK
1 technique across 1 tactic: Defense Evasion The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Exploitation Conditions | Attacker must already have local code execution as a low-privileged user (PR:L) on a Windows host where the AOMEI ddmdrv.sys kernel driver is loaded - either because AOMEI Dynamic Disk Manager 10.10.0 or 10.10.1 is installed, or because the attacker has dropped and loaded the signed driver themselves (BYOVD). No user interaction (UI:N) and no additional attack requirements (AT:N) are needed, and the exploitable IOCTL interface is reachable from a standard user session without administrative rights. Limiting factors: the attack vector is local only (AV:L) - there is no network-reachable path - and exploitation requires the vulnerable driver to be present and loaded on the target system, which is not the Windows default. |
| Impact | The CVSS 4.0 vector (AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N) and base score of 7.1 accurately reflect a local, low-complexity, low-privilege attack delivering high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact - i.e., full SYSTEM compromise from any interactive user account. Publicly available exploit code (E:P in the vector and a referenced write-up at winslow1984.com) materially raises real-world risk because the path from initial foothold to SYSTEM is essentially turnkey. Mitigating factors: exploitation is local-only (no remote vector) and the affected product is a niche admin tool rather than ubiquitous infrastructure, so blast radius is bounded to hosts that have installed it. The vendor's non-response is the dominant risk driver: with no patch and a public PoC, this becomes a durable post-exploitation primitive for any attacker who has commodity user-level access, and the signed driver creates BYOVD exposure even on systems that never installed the product. No EPSS score was provided in the input, and the CVE is not on CISA KEV, so widespread opportunistic exploitation is not currently evidenced. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An attacker who has obtained low-privilege code execution on a Windows host - for example via a phishing payload running as a standard user - opens a handle to the ddmdrv.sys device object and issues the IOCTL sequence demonstrated in the public PoC on winslow1984.com to perform privileged operations from kernel context. The result is escalation to NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM, after which the attacker disables defenses, harvests credentials, and moves laterally. Because the driver is signed, the same primitive is usable as BYOVD on hosts that never installed AOMEI by dropping ddmdrv.sys and loading it. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Jun 22, 2026
Local privilege escalation in AOMEI Dynamic Disk Manager up to version 10.10.1 stems from improper access controls in the ddmdrv.sys kernel driver, allowing a low-privileged local user to interact with privileged driver IOCTLs and gain SYSTEM-level control. Publicly available exploit code exists, and the vendor did not respond to coordinated disclosure, leaving installations unpatched. No CISA KEV listing or active exploitation has been confirmed at time of analysis.
RemediationAI
No vendor-released patch identified at time of analysis - the vendor was contacted but did not respond, so no upgrade target exists. As compensating controls, uninstall AOMEI Dynamic Disk Manager from any host where it is not actively required (eliminates the vulnerable driver entirely, at the cost of losing the disk management tooling); where the product must remain installed, block-list or remove ddmdrv.sys via Microsoft's Vulnerable Driver Blocklist / WDAC policies, accepting that the application's disk operations will fail when the driver is absent. Restrict interactive and remote logon to the affected hosts to trusted administrators only to reduce the pool of users who could trigger the local exploit, and monitor EDR for unexpected loads of ddmdrv.sys (particularly BYOVD scenarios on machines that never installed the product). Track https://vuldb.com/vuln/372520 and https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-12779 for any future vendor advisory.
Affected VersionsENISA
Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Technical ContextAI · show details
AOMEI Dynamic Disk Manager is a Windows disk and partition management utility that installs the ddmdrv.sys kernel-mode driver to perform privileged volume operations. The root cause is CWE-284 (Improper Access Control): the driver exposes device objects or IOCTL handlers without adequately validating the caller's security context, so unprivileged user-mode processes can issue requests that the driver services with kernel privileges. Per the CPE (cpe:2.3:a:aomei:dynamic_disk_manager), the flaw is in the application's bundled signed kernel driver rather than in Windows itself, making any host with the product installed a viable target - and a signed-but-vulnerable driver is also a candidate for BYOVD abuse on hosts where it is dropped intentionally.
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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
Local-only kernel driver IOCTL abuse from any standard user account (AV:L, PR:L, AC:L, UI:N) yields full SYSTEM compromise, giving high C/I/A within an unchanged scope.
Primary rating from Vendor (VulDB).
CVSS VectorVendor: VulDB
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1DescriptionCVE.org
A vulnerability was found in AOMEI Dynamic Disk Manager up to 10.10.1. This issue affects some unknown processing in the library ddmdrv.sys of the component Kernel Driver. Performing a manipulation results in improper access controls. The attack must be initiated from a local position. The exploit has been made public and could be used. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.
Executive ViewAI
AOMEI Dynamic Disk Manager versions through 10.10.1 contain an unpatched local privilege escalation flaw that allows any user on affected systems to gain SYSTEM-level access; with publicly available exploit code and no vendor patch forthcoming, organizations using this software face immediate operational risk to data integrity and access control.
No vendor-released patch identified at time of analysis. Interim mitigations: restrict local system access through administrative controls, implement application whitelisting to prevent driver loading, disable AOMEI Dynamic Disk Manager on non-critical systems, and monitor for anomalous kernel-level activity.
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Attack Technique
Authentication bypass attacks exploit flaws in the verification mechanisms that control access to systems and applications.
EUVD-2026-38144
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