CVE-2023-41444 — An issue in Binalyze IREC

An issue in Binalyze IREC.sys v.3.11.0 and before allows a local attacker to execute arbitrary code and escalate privileges via the fun_1400084d0 function in IREC.sys driver.

01What is this vulnerability?

An issue in Binalyze IREC.sys v.3.11.0 and before allows a local attacker to execute arbitrary code and escalate privileges via the fun_1400084d0 function in IREC.sys driver.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / n/a	n/a

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2023-09-28T00:00:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-09-23T19:26:59.898Z

09References

• blog.dru1d.ninja — https://blog.dru1d.ninja/windows-driver-exploit-development-irec-sys-a5eb4509394…
• gist.github.com — https://gist.github.com/dru1d-foofus/1af21179f253879f101c3a8d4f718bf0
• github.com — https://github.com/magicsword-io/LOLDrivers/blob/main/yaml/d74fdf19-b4b0-4ec2-9c…