EIP-2026-116856

PRE-CVE

Avast! AntiVirus 4.8.1351.0 - Denial of Service / Privilege Escalation

Title source: legacy
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for EIP-2026-116856. PoCs published by Evilcry.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit demonstrates a kernel memory corruption vulnerability in Avast's aswMon2.sys driver via an IOCTL call (0xB2C80018) with unsanitized input, leading to a BSOD and potential local privilege escalation.

Description

Avast! AntiVirus 4.8.1351.0 - Denial of Service / Privilege Escalation

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by Evilcry · textlocalwindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9831

This exploit demonstrates a kernel memory corruption vulnerability in Avast's aswMon2.sys driver via an IOCTL call (0xB2C80018) with unsanitized input, leading to a BSOD and potential local privilege escalation.

Classification
Working Poc 90%
Attack Type
Lpe
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Avast antivirus 4.8.1351.0 (aswMon2.sys)
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Local access to the system · Avast antivirus 4.8.1351.0 installed
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

Details

Status pre_cve
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026