High 7.8Published Jun 21, 2026

CVE-2026-12780AOMEI Backupper Kernel Driver amwrtdrv.sys access control

Updated under an hour ago (2026-10-19 08:23 UTC)

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Exploited in the last 30 days

A vulnerability was determined in AOMEI Backupper up to 8.3.0. Impacted is an unknown function in the library amwrtdrv.sys of the component Kernel Driver. Executing a manipulation can lead to improper access controls. The attack needs to be launched locally. The exploit has been publicly disclosed and may be utilized. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

CVSS: 7.8 HIGH (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:X/RC:R
Weakness (CWE): CWE-284, CWE-266
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: VulDB
NVD analysis: Deferred
Record last updated: Oct 13, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

AOMEI Backupper aomei:backupper	8.0; 8.1; 8.2; 8.3.0	CNA record

References

https://vuldb.com/vuln/372521vdb-entry
https://vuldb.com/vuln/372521/ctisignature, permissions-required
https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-12780third-party-advisory
https://vuldb.com/submit/835609third-party-advisory
https://winslow1984.com/books/cve-collection/page/aomei-backupper-830-kernel-driver-amwrtdrvsys-local-privilege-escalationexploit
https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/687587

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