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.
CVE-2026-15475
MEDIUMPre-NVD 5.35.3Trending — 3 sources updated this week
EchelonGraph scoreLOW confidence
This medium-severity CVE scores 5.3 under the CNA's CVSS (NVD's own analysis pending). EPSS exploit-prediction score not yet available (the EPSS model rescores nightly; freshly-published CVEs typically appear within 48 hours). GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).
Triggered by: NVD CVSS baseline
Sources: cna:vuldb
5.3
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: —CVSS: 5.3Exploit: NoneExposed: 0
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
- CVSS v3
- 5.3
- EG Score
- 5.3(low)
- EPSS
- —
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
July 12, 2026
Last Modified
July 12, 2026
Advisory Details (2)
Auto-updated Jul 12, 2026No patch confirmed yet.
generic
MiniTool Partition Wizard Version Update Log
https://www.minitool.com/partition-manager/upgrade-history.htmlgeneric
MiniTool Partition Wiz... | Winslow Blog
https://winslow1984.com/books/cve-collection/page/minitool-partition-wizard-kernel-driver-pwdrviosys-local-privilege-escalationVendor Advisories for CVE-2026-15475(1)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
Weakness Classification(2)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Data Freshness Timeline
(refreshed 3× in last 7d / 3× in last 30d)
Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.
- 2026-07-12 04:26 UTCNVD updateCVSS v4 → 1.9
- 2026-07-12 02:23 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-12 02:22 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked
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Frequently asked(4)
What is CVE-2026-15475?
CVE-2026-15475 is a medium vulnerability published on July 12, 2026. 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…
When was CVE-2026-15475 disclosed?
CVE-2026-15475 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on July 12, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-15475?
CVE-2026-15475 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.3 (NVD). The EG score is currently aggregating — additional source signals are being incorporated as they become available..
How do I remediate CVE-2026-15475?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-15475, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.
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