EIP-2026-116361

PRE-CVE

Symantec Backup Exec System Recovery 8.5 - Kernel Pointers Dereferences

Title source: legacy
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for EIP-2026-116361. PoCs published by Stefan LE BERRE.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit targets a vulnerability in the GEARAspiWDM.sys driver of Symantec Backup Exec System Recovery 8.5. It triggers a BSOD by sending malformed IOCTL input to the driver, demonstrating a denial-of-service condition.

Description

Symantec Backup Exec System Recovery 8.5 - Kernel Pointers Dereferences

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC
by Stefan LE BERRE · cdoswindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/17273

This exploit targets a vulnerability in the GEARAspiWDM.sys driver of Symantec Backup Exec System Recovery 8.5. It triggers a BSOD by sending malformed IOCTL input to the driver, demonstrating a denial-of-service condition.

Classification
Working Poc 90%
Attack Type
Dos
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Symantec Backup Exec System Recovery 8.5
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Access to the target system to execute the binary
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

Details

Status pre_cve
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026