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Report · Zero Day InitiativeAbout CVE-2026-18273Published

ZDI-26-490: (Pwn2Own) Kenwood DNR1007XR USB Incorrect Default Permissions Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

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Authoritative record:CVE-2026-18273· Medium 6.6

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 6.6 Medium.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026, 00:01 UTC

CVSS 3.0 base score
6.6Medium
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 11% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 20 Aug 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 5 Nov 2026.

What to do

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
KenwoodDNR1007XRAffected
  • =1.7.0003.1000
Fixed in–

AI-suggested

Kenwood has issued an official update to correct the incorrect default permissions causing this vulnerability. Users of affected devices should apply the vendor-provided update available at https://www.kenwood.com/cs/ce/mm/firmware/2020/2020f/eng.html to remediate this issue.

Description

Kenwood DNR1007XR USB Incorrect Default Permissions Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows physically present attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of Kenwood DNR1007XR devices. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the configuration of the mount point for the USB filesystem. The issue results from incorrect permissions on a directory used by the product. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code in the context of root. Was ZDI-CAN-29070.

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