EIP-2026-102829

PRE-CVE

ePSXe 1.6.0 - 'nogui()' Local Privilege Escalation

Title source: legacy
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for EIP-2026-102829. PoCs published by Qnix.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit targets a local buffer overflow vulnerability in ePSXe v1.6.0, leveraging a stack-based overflow to execute shellcode and spawn a root shell. The PoC uses a standard stack-smashing technique with NOP sleds and a hardcoded return address.

Description

ePSXe 1.6.0 - 'nogui()' Local Privilege Escalation

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by Qnix · clocallinux
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/1029

This exploit targets a local buffer overflow vulnerability in ePSXe v1.6.0, leveraging a stack-based overflow to execute shellcode and spawn a root shell. The PoC uses a standard stack-smashing technique with NOP sleds and a hardcoded return address.

Classification
Working Poc 95%
Attack Type
Lpe
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: ePSXe v1.6.0
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Local access to the target system · ePSXe v1.6.0 installed · Execution permissions for the exploit binary
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

Details

Status pre_cve
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026