Exposed dangerous method or function in MSI Afterburner - CVE-2019-16098

Vulnerability identifier: #VU67995

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4.0: 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

CVE-ID: CVE-2019-16098

CWE-ID: CWE-749

Exploitation vector: Local access

Exploit availability: Public exploit is available

Vendor: Micro-Star

Affected software:
MSI Afterburner

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.

Install updates from vendor's website.

• https://github.com/Barakat/CVE-2019-16098