VulnerabilityAnalyzed
CVE-2018-19323
GIGABYTE Multiple Products Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
KEVCRITICAL 9.8EPSS 7.83%
Does this matter?
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.
Description
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 3.1
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 7.83% probability · 94th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Listed 24 October 2022 · due 14 November 2022 · used in ransomware campaigns
- Affected
- gigabyte/aorus graphics engine · gigabyte/gigabyte app center · gigabyte/oc guru ii · gigabyte/xtreme gaming engine
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
CISA notes
Apply updates per vendor instructions. https://www.gigabyte.com/Support/Security/1801; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-19323
References
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Dec/39Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106252Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.gigabyte.com/Support/Security/1801Vendor Advisory
- https://www.gigabyte.com/tw/Support/Utility/Graphics-CardProduct
- https://www.secureauth.com/labs/advisories/gigabyte-drivers-elevation-privilege-vulnerabilitiesBroken Link, Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Dec/39Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106252Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.gigabyte.com/Support/Security/1801Vendor Advisory
- https://www.gigabyte.com/tw/Support/Utility/Graphics-CardProduct
- https://www.secureauth.com/labs/advisories/gigabyte-drivers-elevation-privilege-vulnerabilitiesBroken Link, Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2018-19323US Government Resource
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.