CVE-2026-79298

Published: Sep 16, 2026Modified: Sep 22, 2026Deferred

8.4

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability: 2.5 / Impact: 5.9

Source: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 (Secondary)

Description

An issue in Howyar Technologies Inc SysReturn Versions prior to 11.3.034 and fixed in v.11.3.0.34 allows a local attcker to execute arbitrary code via the BOOTia32.efi and a crafted cloak32.dat file on the ESP.

Related CWEs

CWE-693

Protection Mechanism Failure

The product does not use or incorrectly uses a protection mechanism that provides sufficient defense against directed attacks against the product.

References (3)

https://github.com/TheMalwareGuardian/CVE-2026-79298

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://github.com/TheMalwareGuardian/UEFI-Security-Research-Howyar-SysReturn-NetCopy

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://github.com/TheMalwareGuardian/UEFI-Security-Research-Howyar-SysReturn-NetCopy

Source: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

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