CVE-2026-36425

6.5

MEDIUM CVSS 3.1

OPSWAT AppRemover Driver Improper Access Control Vulnerability

Overview

Description

An issue in OPSWAT AppRemover Driver (ardrv.sys) v2017.10.02.1551 and earlier in IOCTL handler 0x2420031. Any local user can open the device and send process termination requests without privilege validation.

Details

INFO

Published Date :

July 16, 2026, 9:17 p.m.

Last Modified :

July 17, 2026, 6:47 p.m.

Remotely Exploit :

Yes !

Source :

[email protected]

Impact

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2026-36425 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

No affected product recoded yet

: Total Affected Vendor : 0 | Products : 0

Scoring

CVSS Scores

The Common Vulnerability Scoring System is a standardized framework for assessing the severity of vulnerabilities in software and systems. We collect and displays CVSS scores from various sources for each CVE.

Score	Version	Severity	Vector	Exploitability Score	Impact Score	Source
	CVSS					134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
	CVSS 3.1	MEDIUM				134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

Solution

Update OPSWAT AppRemover Driver to a version that validates process termination requests.

Update OPSWAT AppRemover Driver to a non-vulnerable version.
Apply vendor-supplied security patches for OPSWAT AppRemover.
Restrict local user access to sensitive system components.

Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2026-36425 has a 3 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

References

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2026-36425.

URL	Resource
https://github.com/redteamfortress/CVE-2026-36425
https://www.opswat.com/products/oesis-framework/application-removal
https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/07c5209bf83065fe760f4fee4ed2308b0c523671f68ca73a3854c2c8c28c0541
https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/2248347b2ec49f07268a44816ebb6265677093ec277f825de1a76700ab25e3bc

CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2026-36425 is associated with the following CWEs:

CWE-269: Improper Privilege Management

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2026-36425 weaknesses.

CAPEC-58: Restful Privilege Elevation Restful Privilege Elevation CAPEC-122: Privilege Abuse Privilege Abuse CAPEC-233: Privilege Escalation Privilege Escalation

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

redteamfortress/CVE-2026-36425

CVE-2026-36425 OPSWAT AppRemover (ardrv.sys) improper access control advisory

byovd edr edr-bypass edr-evasion edr-killer

C++

Updated: 3 weeks, 3 days ago

8 stars 3 fork 3 watcher

Born at : June 17, 2026, 3:11 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

I3r1h0n/Sigurd

A BYOVD technique abuse tool

avkill byovd rust throttlestop windows cve-2025-7771 cve-2024-51324 cve-2025-1055 cve-2023-52271 cve-2025-61155 edr-bypass cve-2026-0828 poisonx redteaming phantomkiller

Rust

Updated: 2 weeks, 6 days ago

22 stars 0 fork 0 watcher

Born at : Jan. 19, 2026, 12:02 a.m. This repo has been linked 7 different CVEs too.

nomi-sec/PoC-in-GitHub

📡 PoC auto collect from GitHub. ⚠️ Be careful Malware.

security cve exploit poc vulnerability

Updated: 3 weeks, 2 days ago

7922 stars 1275 fork 1275 watcher

Born at : Dec. 8, 2019, 1:03 p.m. This repo has been linked 646 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2026-36425 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

Results are limited to the first 20 news articles due to potential performance issues.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2026-36425 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

CVE Modified by 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

Jul. 17, 2026

Action	Type	New Value
Added	CVSS V3.1	AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Added	CWE	CWE-269
Added	SSVC	{'id': 'CVE-2026-36425', 'role': 'CISA Coordinator', 'options': [{'exploitation': 'none'}, {'automatable': 'no'}, {'technicalImpact': 'partial'}], 'version': '2.0.3', 'timestamp': '2026-07-17T13:31:38.024888Z'}

New CVE Received by [email protected]

Jul. 16, 2026

Action	Type	New Value
Added	Affected	[{'vendor': 'n/a', 'product': 'n/a', 'versions': [{'status': 'affected', 'version': 'n/a'}]}]
Added	Description	An issue in OPSWAT AppRemover Driver (ardrv.sys) v2017.10.02.1551 and earlier in IOCTL handler 0x2420031. Any local user can open the device and send process termination requests without privilege validation.
Added	Reference	https://github.com/redteamfortress/CVE-2026-36425
Added	Reference	https://www.opswat.com/products/oesis-framework/application-removal
Added	Reference	https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/07c5209bf83065fe760f4fee4ed2308b0c523671f68ca73a3854c2c8c28c0541
Added	Reference	https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/2248347b2ec49f07268a44816ebb6265677093ec277f825de1a76700ab25e3bc

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.