Elevated Privilege Risk in GIGABYTE APP Center and Related Tools
CVE-2018-19320

7.8HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Gigabyte

Vendor
CVE Published:
21 December 2018

Badges

💰 Ransomware👾 Exploit Exists🟡 Public PoC🟣 EPSS 20%🦅 CISA Reported

What is CVE-2018-19320?

The GDrv low-level driver in GIGABYTE APP Center and various associated applications poses a security risk due to its exposure of ring0 memcpy-like functionality. This vulnerability creates an opportunity for local attackers to gain extensive control over the affected systems, allowing for potential unauthorized access and manipulation of system resources. It is crucial for users to ensure their systems are up to date with the latest security patches provided by GIGABYTE to mitigate this risk.

CISA has reported CVE-2018-19320

CISA provides regional cyber and physical services to support security and resilience across the United States. CISA monitor the most dangerious vulnerabilities and have identifed CVE-2018-19320 as being exploited and is known by the CISA as enabling ransomware campaigns.

The CISA's recommendation is: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Exploit Proof of Concept (PoC)

PoC code is written by security researchers to demonstrate the vulnerability can be exploited. PoC code is also a key component for weaponization which could lead to ransomware.

References

EPSS Score

20% chance of being exploited in the next 30 days.

CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.8
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • 🟡

    Public PoC available

  • 💰

    Used in Ransomware

  • 👾

    Exploit known to exist

  • 🦅

    CISA Reported

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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