A weakness has been identified in MiniTool Partition Wizard up to 13.6. The affected element is an unknown function in the library pwdrvio.sys of the component Signed Kernel Driver. This manipulation causes improper access controls. The attack can only be executed locally. The exploit has been made available to the public and could be used for attacks. Upgrading to version 13.9 is sufficient to fix this issue. The affected component should be upgraded. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure.

Metrics

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Attack Requirements None

User Interaction None

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact Low

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact Low

Vulnerable System Availability Impact Low

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None

Subsequent System Integrity Impact None

Subsequent System Availability Impact None

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Affected Vendors & Products

Vendors Products
Minitool
  • Partition Wizard

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References
Link Providers
https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-15475 cve-icon
https://vuldb.com/submit/833842 cve-icon
https://vuldb.com/vuln/377780 cve-icon
https://vuldb.com/vuln/377780/cti cve-icon
https://winslow1984.com/books/cve-collection/page/minitool-partition-wizard-kernel-driver-pwdrviosys-local-privilege-escalation cve-icon
https://www.minitool.com/partition-manager/upgrade-history.html cve-icon
History

Mon, 13 Jul 2026 16:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Sun, 12 Jul 2026 02:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description A weakness has been identified in MiniTool Partition Wizard up to 13.6. The affected element is an unknown function in the library pwdrvio.sys of the component Signed Kernel Driver. This manipulation causes improper access controls. The attack can only be executed locally. The exploit has been made available to the public and could be used for attacks. Upgrading to version 13.9 is sufficient to fix this issue. The affected component should be upgraded. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure.
Title MiniTool Partition Wizard Signed Kernel Driver pwdrvio.sys access control
First Time appeared Minitool
Minitool partition Wizard
Weaknesses CWE-266
CWE-284
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:minitool:partition_wizard:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Minitool
Minitool partition Wizard
References
Metrics cvssV2_0

{'score': 4.3, 'vector': 'AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C'}

cvssV3_0

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:O/RC:C'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:O/RC:C'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 4.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P'}
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulDB

Published: 2026-07-12T02:15:07.520Z

Updated: 2026-07-13T14:38:31.090Z

Reserved: 2026-07-11T09:40:55.072Z

Link: CVE-2026-15475

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-07-13T14:38:25.465Z

cve-icon NVD

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cve-icon Redhat

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