SB2019091167 - Privilege escalation in Micro-Star MSI Afterburner
Published: September 11, 2019 Updated: December 27, 2023
Security Bulletin ID
SB2019091167
CSH Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Exposed dangerous method or function (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-16098)
CWE-ID: CWE-749 - Exposed Dangerous Method or Function
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to presence of insecure methods within the Micro-Star MSI Afterburner driver (RTCore64.sys and RTCore32.sys files). A local user can execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.