CVE-2018-19323
CRITICALCISA KEVEPSS 94th pctlDescription
The GDrv low-level driver in GIGABYTE APP Center v1.05.21 and earlier, AORUS GRAPHICS ENGINE before 1.57, XTREME GAMING ENGINE before 1.26, and OC GURU II v2.08 exposes functionality to read and write Machine Specific Registers (MSRs).
CVSS v3 Vector
Exploitability
Impact
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Exploit Intelligence
High risk: more likely to be exploited than 94% of all known CVEs.
GIGABYTE Multiple Products Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
The GPCIDrv and GDrv low-level drivers in GIGABYTE App Center, AORUS Graphics Engine, XTREME Gaming Engine, and OC GURU expose functionality to read and write arbitrary physical memory. This could be leveraged by a local attacker to elevate privileges.
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Remediation due: 2022-11-14
Associated with ransomware campaigns
References
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Dec/39
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106252
- https://www.gigabyte.com/Support/Security/1801
- https://www.gigabyte.com/tw/Support/Utility/Graphics-Card
- https://www.secureauth.com/labs/advisories/gigabyte-drivers-elevation-privilege-vulnerabilities
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2018-19323
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