EIP-2026-115826

PRE-CVE

Microsoft Windows XP/2000 - Registry Access Local Denial of Service

Title source: legacy
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for EIP-2026-115826. PoCs published by David Matousek.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This is a writeup describing a denial-of-service vulnerability in Microsoft Windows related to certain API calls for manipulating registry keys. The issue was initially misattributed to Symantec Norton Personal Firewall but was later identified as an OS-level problem.

Description

Microsoft Windows XP/2000 - Registry Access Local Denial of Service

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WRITEUP VERIFIED
by David Matousek · textdoswindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/28227

This is a writeup describing a denial-of-service vulnerability in Microsoft Windows related to certain API calls for manipulating registry keys. The issue was initially misattributed to Symantec Norton Personal Firewall but was later identified as an OS-level problem.

Classification
Writeup 90%
Attack Type
Dos
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Theoretical
Target: Microsoft Windows (version unspecified)
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Ability to execute API calls on the target system
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

Details

Status pre_cve
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026