EIP-2026-116509

PRE-CVE

VMware Workstation 7.1.1 - 'VMkbd.sys' Denial of Service

Title source: legacy
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for EIP-2026-116509. PoCs published by Lufeng Li.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit targets a denial-of-service vulnerability in VMware Workstation's VMkbd.sys driver by sending a malformed IOCTL request to the device handle, resulting in a Blue Screen of Death (BSoD) on the host OS. The code uses ctypes to interact with the Windows kernel32 library and trigger the vulnerability.

Description

VMware Workstation 7.1.1 - 'VMkbd.sys' Denial of Service

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by Lufeng Li · pythondoswindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15103

This exploit targets a denial-of-service vulnerability in VMware Workstation's VMkbd.sys driver by sending a malformed IOCTL request to the device handle, resulting in a Blue Screen of Death (BSoD) on the host OS. The code uses ctypes to interact with the Windows kernel32 library and trigger the vulnerability.

Classification
Working Poc 95%
Attack Type
Dos
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: VMware Workstation <= 7.1.1 build-282343
No auth needed
Prerequisites: VMware Workstation <= 7.1.1 installed on Windows Vista · Local access to the host OS
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

Details

Status pre_cve
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026