Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessObtain low-privileged authenticated access
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DeliverySubmit crafted PostScript print data
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ExploitOverflow heap buffer in printer driver
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ExecutionExecute arbitrary code
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ImpactCompromise host
Vulnerability Assessment
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CWE
ASVS 5.0
V15 - Secure Coding and Architecture Heap buffer bounds checking
MITRE ATT&CK
1 technique across 1 tactic: Execution The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Exploitation Conditions | Exploitation requires the attacker to already be an authorized (authenticated, PR:L) principal on a system running the Microsoft PostScript Printer Driver, which is present by default across supported Windows 10, Windows 11 (22H2-26H2), and Windows Server (2012 through 2025) builds listed in the EUVD data. The attacker must be able to deliver crafted PostScript data to the driver over the network (e.g., via a print path/spooler the driver processes); no end-user interaction is needed (UI:N) and attack complexity is low (AC:L). The principal limiting factor is the authentication/authorization prerequisite - this is not unauthenticated, so unauthorized external attackers cannot directly trigger it, and systems without the PostScript driver in the processing path are not exposed. |
| Impact | This is a serious but not emergency-tier vulnerability. The CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H, base 8.8) describes a low-complexity, network-reachable heap overflow (CWE-122) that an already-authorized attacker can trigger with no user interaction to achieve full confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact - i.e., code execution. The exploitation signals, however, temper the urgency: CISA's SSVC framework reports Exploitation=none and Automatable=no, and there is no CISA KEV listing and no public proof-of-concept, so this is currently no public exploit identified at time of analysis. The 'total' technical impact in SSVC is consistent with the C:H/I:H/A:H rating, but the 'Automatable: no' judgement aligns with PR:L - exploitation requires existing authorized/authenticated access rather than mass, unauthenticated scanning. There is no EPSS score provided in the input, so probabilistic exploitation likelihood cannot be quantified here. Net assessment: a genuine high-severity, patch-now issue for any Windows fleet, but not a widespread-active-exploitation crisis - the PR:L prerequisite and absence of KEV/POC/automation point toward targeted post-authentication abuse rather than opportunistic mass exploitation. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An attacker who already holds low-privileged authenticated access to a network-facing print path sends crafted PostScript data to the Microsoft PostScript Printer Driver, overflowing a heap buffer to corrupt memory and execute arbitrary code. No user interaction is required and attack complexity is low, but the attacker must first be authorized on the target. No public exploit code has been identified at the time of analysis. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Oct 14, 2026
Heap-based buffer overflow in the Microsoft PostScript Printer Driver allows an authorized, authenticated attacker (CVSS 3.1 vector AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N, base score 8.8) to deliver crafted PostScript content over a network path the driver processes and achieve code execution with high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact. The driver ships by default with supported Windows 10, Windows 11 (22H2 through 26H2), and Windows Server 2012 through 2025 builds enumerated in the EUVD data, so exposure is broad, but exploitation is gated on the attacker already holding valid credentials on the target or a system in the print path; no user interaction is required (UI:N). No public exploit code has been identified at time of analysis, CISA's SSVC assessment records exploitation as 'none' and automatable as 'no', and the assessed technical impact is total, making this a serious but not emergency-tier issue that should be remediated on a normal patch cadence.
RemediationAI
Vendor-released patches are available: apply the Microsoft update referenced in the MSRC advisory https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-108467, which brings each platform to its fixed build (for example 10.0.19044.7807 for Windows 10 21H2/22H2, 10.0.17763.9376 for Windows 10 1809 and Server 2019, 10.0.14393.9612 for Windows 10 1607 and Server 2016, 10.0.22631.7652 for Windows 11 23H2, 10.0.26100.9711 for Windows 11 24H2 and 10.0.26100.33650 for Server 2025, 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 Server 2022, 6.2.9200.26434 for Server 2012, and 6.3.9600.23470 for Server 2012 R2), and prioritize hosts where the driver is reachable from lower-trust network segments. Where patching must be staged, compensating controls are to remove or replace PostScript-capable print queues on exposed systems (set the driver to a non-PostScript alternative such as PCL or a vendor-specific driver), or to disable the PostScript printer driver component entirely via Windows optional feature/driver-store management; the trade-off is that genuine PostScript jobs will fail and users must be migrated to another driver. Restricting who can submit jobs to the spooler, disabling the Print Spooler service on hosts and servers that do not print (a common hardening step on domain controllers and member servers, at the cost of losing all print functionality), and requiring authentication plus network segmentation in front of print services all raise the bar given the PR:L prerequisite, since unauthenticated outsiders cannot trigger the overflow directly. Note that print service changes should be validated against operational print workflows, and that disabling the spooler will break any application or line-of-business process that depends on the print subsystem.
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Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Technical ContextAI · show details
The root cause is CWE-122, a heap-based buffer overflow, meaning the driver allocates a heap buffer (typically while parsing, decompressing, or rasterizing PostScript input) and then writes past its boundary because a length or size value derived from the input is not validated against the actual allocation. PostScript is a full, Turing-complete page description language, so a printer driver that interprets it must implement a complex stack-based interpreter, font and image handling, and memory management, all of which expand the attack surface for size-arithmetic errors. Because the vulnerable code lives inside the PostScript printer driver rather than in a sandboxed document viewer, a successful out-of-bounds write during rendering can corrupt adjacent heap metadata and be pivoted into controlled code execution in the context of the print subsystem process. The CVSS vector confirms the overflow is reachable over the network (AV:N) with low complexity (AC:L) and no user interaction (UI:N), while the PR:L metric indicates the attacker must already be an authorized principal on a system whose print path invokes the driver; scope is unchanged (S:U), so the impact stays within the same security authority. The EUVD build-level data shows the flaw is present across a very wide Windows servicing baseline, from the legacy 6.2.9200/6.3.9600 kernels through 10.0.28000, indicating a long-lived code path rather than a regression in a single release.
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Network-reachable (AV:N), low-complexity heap overflow triggerable by an authorized low-privileged actor (PR:L) without user interaction (UI:N), yielding code execution with full C/I/A impact.
Primary rating from Vendor (microsoft).
CVSS VectorVendor: microsoft
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2DescriptionCVE.org
Heap-based buffer overflow in Microsoft PostScript Printer Driver allows an authorized attacker to execute code over a network.
Executive ViewAI
Microsoft's PostScript Printer Driver, shipped by default across supported Windows 10, Windows 11 (22H2-26H2), and Windows Server 2012-2025, contains a heap-based buffer overflow that can let an authenticated attacker run code on affected systems without user interaction. This creates enterprise-wide risk for organizations with shared print infrastructure, remote desktop/VDI hosts, and broad Windows fleets, because an attacker with valid low-privilege credentials could move from a print path to code execution. Leadership should treat this as a high-priority patch-management item on a normal cadence, particularly for print servers and systems that process untrusted PostScript content.
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Attack Technique
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