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Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2026-68820: Microsoft Windows Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock Use-After-Free Vulnerability
CVE-2026-68820 affects Microsoft Windows Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock and is listed in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, meaning exploitation has been observed in the wild. Added 2026-08-11.
Sep 17, 20263 min read
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2026-68820: A 7.0 That Ends With a Kernel Rootkit and Your EDR Switched Off
Lazarus used this afd.sys use-after-free to reach SYSTEM from a local foothold, then loaded a FudModule kernel rootkit. Escalation is never the objective — it is the step before it.
Aug 12, 20266 min read
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