{"id":"CVE-2018-19321","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2018-19321","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T20:25:44.382Z","title":"GIGABYTE Multiple Products Privilege Escalation Vulnerability","description":"The GPCIDrv and GDrv low-level drivers 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 expose functionality to read and write arbitrary physical memory. This could be leveraged by a local attacker to elevate privileges.","published":"2018-12-21T23:29:01.000Z","lastModified":"2026-08-13T05:17:17.000Z","status":"Analyzed","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":[],"affected":["gigabyte/aorus graphics engine","gigabyte/app center","gigabyte/oc guru ii","gigabyte/xtreme gaming engine"],"epss":{"score":0.03701,"percentile":0.89678,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":true,"dateAdded":"2022-10-24","dueDate":"2022-11-14","knownRansomwareCampaignUse":"Known","notes":"Apply updates per vendor instructions.\nhttps://www.gigabyte.com/Support/Security/1801; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-19321"},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 14 November 2022). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Dec/39","tags":["Exploit","Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106252","tags":["Broken Link","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.gigabyte.com/Support/Security/1801","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.secureauth.com/labs/advisories/gigabyte-drivers-elevation-privilege-vulnerabilities","tags":["Broken Link","Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Dec/39","tags":["Exploit","Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106252","tags":["Broken Link","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.gigabyte.com/Support/Security/1801","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.secureauth.com/labs/advisories/gigabyte-drivers-elevation-privilege-vulnerabilities","tags":["Broken Link","Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2018-19321","tags":["US Government Resource"],"source":"134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-19321","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}