CVE-2023-1453: Watchdog Anti-Virus

High severity, CVSS 7.1. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A vulnerability was found in Watchdog Anti-Virus 1.4.214.0. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is the function 0x80002008 in the library wsdk-driver.sys of the component IoControlCode Handler. The manipulation leads to improper access controls. Attacking locally is a requirement. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. VDB-223298 is the identifier assigned to this vulnerability.

Affected products

• Watchdog Anti-Virus: version 1.4.214.0 only

Published 2023-03-17. Last modified 2026-06-17.