Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU16624

#VU16624 Privilege escalation in GIGABYTE Global products - CVE-2018-19321

Published: December 19, 2018 / Updated: October 24, 2022

Vulnerability identifier: #VU16624

Vulnerability risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:A/U:Clear

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-19321

CWE-ID: CWE-782

Exploitation vector: Local access

Exploit availability: The vulnerability is being exploited in the wild

Vulnerable software:
GIGABYTE APP Center
AORUS GRAPHICS ENGINE
XTREME GAMING ENGINE
OC GURU

Software vendor:
GIGABYTE Global

Description

The vulnerability allows a local unauthenticated attacker to gain elevated privileges on the target device.

The weakness exists due to both GPCI and GIO expose functionality to read/write arbitrary physical memory. A local attacker can gain elevated privileges.

Remediation

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution addressing the vulnerability.

External links

https://www.secureauth.com/labs/advisories/gigabyte-drivers-elevation-privilege-vulnerabilities