EIP-2026-114957

PRE-CVE

Avast! Internet Security - aswtdi.sys Local Denial of Service (PoC)

Title source: legacy
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for EIP-2026-114957. PoCs published by Nikita Tarakanov.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This PoC exploits a local DoS vulnerability in Avast! Internet Security's aswtdi.sys driver by sending a malformed IOCTL request with a buffer filled with 'A' characters. The exploit targets an unpatched vulnerability in version 5.0.677, causing a denial of service on Windows XP SP3.

Description

Avast! Internet Security - aswtdi.sys Local Denial of Service (PoC)

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC
by Nikita Tarakanov · cdoswindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15420

This PoC exploits a local DoS vulnerability in Avast! Internet Security's aswtdi.sys driver by sending a malformed IOCTL request with a buffer filled with 'A' characters. The exploit targets an unpatched vulnerability in version 5.0.677, causing a denial of service on Windows XP SP3.

Classification
Working Poc 95%
Attack Type
Dos
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Avast! Internet Security (aswtdi.sys) version 5.0.677
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Local access to the target system · Avast! Internet Security with vulnerable aswtdi.sys driver installed
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 18, 2026 Full analysis →

Details

Status pre_cve
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026