CVE detail
CVE-2026-62827
Improper authentication in Microsoft Office SharePoint allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.
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Buzz score components · mention 22.0 · diversity 19.0 · KEV 0.0 · OTX 0.0 · PoC 0.0
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- Total mentions
- 8
- within the 30d window
- Peak daily
- 6
- highest bucket
Evidence
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- August 2026 Patch Tuesday: One Exploited Zero-Day and 62 Critical Vulnerabilities Among 415 CVEsCrowdStrike
affected by August 2026 Patch Tuesday Exploited Zero-Day Vulnerability in Windows Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock CVE-2026-68820 is an Important elevation of privilege vulnerability affecting the Windows Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock and has a CVSS score of 7.0 . A use-after-free flaw (CWE-416) allows a low-privileged local attacker to el
vendorwww.crowdstrike.comAug 12, 2026, 8:00 AM ued today in Microsoft’s August Patch Tuesday releases. The hole is in Windows’ Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock ( CVE-2026-68820 ), which, according to Todd Schell , principal product manager at Ivanti, has been a recurring target for local privilege-escalation bugs throughout 2026. Past vulnerabilities in this component have let an authorized at
newswww.csoonline.comAug 12, 2026, 12:45 AMarked as "critical." Microsoft notes that 1 of the vulnerabilities disclosed this month have been exploited in the wild CVE-2026-68820 is an elevation of privilege vulnerability affecting Windows Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock. A Use After Free vulnerability could allow an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally. This vulnerability has
vendorblog.talosintelligence.comAug 11, 2026, 10:21 PMation denial-of-service, and arbitrary code execution. Zero-day Vulnerabilities Patched in August Patch Tuesday Edition CVE-2026-72971: Windows Container Isolation FS Filter Driver (unionfs.sys) Tampering Vulnerability This is a link-following flaw that may allow an authenticated attacker to perform local tampering. CVE-2026-62832: Windows User Profile
vendorblog.qualys.comAug 11, 2026, 9:55 PMktop browser security patches so far this month. SharePoint: critical RCE chain by Rapid7 Today sees the publication of CVE-2026-63520 , a high-severity remote code execution in Microsoft SharePoint. Discovered by Rapid7 Senior Principal Security Researcher Stephen Fewer , and published today in coordination with Microsoft; this vulnerability is the se
vendorwww.rapid7.comAug 11, 2026, 9:10 PMof the vulnerabilities patched this month, followed by remote code execution (RCE) vulnerabilities at 27.1%. Important CVE-2026-68820 | Windows Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability CVE-2026-68820 is an EoP vulnerability affecting Windows Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock. It received a CVSSv3 score of 7.0 and
vendorwww.tenable.comAug 11, 2026, 6:04 PM- The August 2026 Security Update ReviewZero Day Initiative
g actively exploited, at least as 0-days. Again, we’ll start with the bug under active attack and move on from there. - CVE-2026-68820 - Windows Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability This bug allows attackers to execute code at SYSTEM level. Bugs of this type are often paired with code execution bugs to take over a
vendorwww.thezdi.comAug 11, 2026, 5:56 PM Improper authentication in Microsoft Office SharePoint allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.
vendormsrc.microsoft.comAug 11, 2026, 2:00 PM
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