CVE-2026-19189

Power Sofware PowerISO Kernel Driver scdemu.sys privileges management

Published 7 Aug 2026 • Updated 7 Aug 2026

Severity: HIGH

Description

A security flaw has been discovered in Power Sofware PowerISO 9.3.0.0. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality in the library C:\Windows\System32\drivers\scdemu.sys of the component Kernel Driver. The manipulation results in improper privilege management. The attack is only possible with local access. The exploit has been released to the public and may be used for attacks. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

Affected products (1)

• Power Sofware PowerISO

Problem types

• Improper Privilege Management
• Incorrect Privilege Assignment

References (5)

• https://vuldb.com/vuln/386707
• https://vuldb.com/vuln/386707/cti
• https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-19189
• https://vuldb.com/submit/864536
• https://winslow1984.com/books/cve-collection/page/poweriso-9300-kernel-driver-6900-local-privilege-escalation-via-arbitrary-registry-write-or-deletion