VDB-401510 · CVE-2026-83972 · GCVE-0-2026-83972

Microsoft Windows up to Server 2025 Windows Biometric Service buffer overflow

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8.1	$5k-$25k	0.94

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Windows and classified as very critical. Affected is an unknown function of the component Windows Biometric Service. Such manipulation leads to buffer overflow. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2026-83972. The attack can only be performed from a local environment. No exploit is available. It is best practice to apply a patch to resolve this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as very critical, has been found in Microsoft Windows. Affected by this issue is an unknown code of the component Windows Biometric Service. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a buffer overflow vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-120. The product copies an input buffer to an output buffer without verifying that the size of the input buffer is less than the size of the output buffer, leading to a buffer overflow. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Heap-based buffer overflow in Windows Biometric Service allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

The advisory is available at msrc.microsoft.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-83972 since 09/01/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 09/09/2026).

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem.

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Productinfo

Type

Operating System

Vendor

Microsoft

Name

Windows

Version

License

commercial

Website

Vendor: https://www.microsoft.com/
Product: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

VulDB Vector: 🔒
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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.1

VulDB Base Score: 8.8
VulDB Temp Score: 8.4
VulDB Vector: 🔒
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CNA Base Score: 7.8
CNA Vector (microsoft): 🔒

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Buffer overflow
CWE: CWE-120 / CWE-119
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ATT&CK: 🔒

Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

Availability: 🔒
Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Patch
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0-Day Time: 🔒

Timelineinfo

09/01/2026 CVE reserved
09/09/2026 +8 days Advisory disclosed
09/09/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
09/09/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com
Product: microsoft.com

Advisory: msrc.microsoft.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2026-83972 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-83972
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-401510
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161215

Entryinfo

Created: 09/09/2026 06:40
Changes: 09/09/2026 06:40 (63)
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Cache ID: 216::103