Microsoft Windows up to Server 2025 Partition Management Driver privileges management
| CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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| 9.6 | $25k-$100k | 1.05 |
Summary
A vulnerability marked as very critical has been reported in Microsoft Windows. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Partition Management Driver. This manipulation causes privileges management. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-97805. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. To fix this issue, it is recommended to deploy a patch.
Details
A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Windows. It has been declared as very critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code of the component Partition Management Driver. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
Out-of-bounds read in Windows Partition Management Driver allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a network.
It is possible to read the advisory at msrc.microsoft.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2026-97805 since 09/25/2026. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $25k-$100k at the moment (estimation calculated on 10/14/2026). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.
Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem.
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Product
Type
Vendor
Name
Version
- 10 21H2
- 10 22H2
- 10 1607
- 10 1809
- 11 23H2
- 11 24H2
- 11 25H2
- 11 26H1
- 11 26H2
- Server 2012
- Server 2012 R2
- Server 2016
- Server 2019
- Server 2022
- Server 2025
License
Website
- Vendor: https://www.microsoft.com/
- Product: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 9.9VulDB Meta Temp Score: 9.6
VulDB Base Score: 10.0
VulDB Temp Score: 9.5
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VulDB Reliability: 🔍
CNA Base Score: 9.8
CNA Vector (microsoft): 🔒
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Exploiting
Class: Privileges managementCWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes
Availability: 🔒
Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligence
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Countermeasures
Recommended: PatchStatus: 🔍
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Timeline
09/25/2026 CVE reserved10/14/2026 Advisory disclosed
10/14/2026 VulDB entry created
10/14/2026 VulDB entry last update
Sources
Vendor: microsoft.comProduct: microsoft.com
Advisory: msrc.microsoft.com
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2026-97805 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-97805
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-419731
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161215
Entry
Created: 10/14/2026 11:48Changes: 10/14/2026 11:48 (63)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103
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