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FKIE_CVE-2026-38765

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-07-22 23:16 - Updated: 2026-07-22 23:16

Severity

Summary

An issue in Unistal Systems Pvt. Ltd.Protegent 360 v2.0.0.4 allows a local attacker to escalate privileges via the kernel driver pgsecdl.sys

References

	URL	Tags
	cve@mitre.org	https://dreadsec.co/p/protogent-kernel-anti-virus-multiple-vulnerabilities.html
	cve@mitre.org	https://github.com/D7EAD

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version

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CVE-2026-38765 (GCVE-0-2026-38765)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-07-22 00:00 – Updated: 2026-07-24 19:47

Summary

An issue in Unistal Systems Pvt. Ltd.Protegent 360 v2.0.0.4 allows a local attacker to escalate privileges via the kernel driver pgsecdl.sys

Severity

7.8 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

SSVC

Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)

CWE

n/a
CWE-269 - Improper Privilege Management
CWE-782 - Exposed IOCTL with Insufficient Access Control

Assigner

mitre

References

2 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/D7EAD
https://dreadsec.co/p/protogent-kernel-anti-virus…

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FKIE_CVE-2026-38765

CVE-2026-38765 (GCVE-0-2026-38765)

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