Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in GIGABYTE Driver Software
CVE-2018-19321
Key Information:
- Vendor
Gigabyte
- Vendor
- CVE Published:
- 21 December 2018
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What is CVE-2018-19321?
Low-level drivers in GIGABYTE APP Center and related software expose critical functions that allow reading and writing to arbitrary physical memory. This vulnerability enables local attackers to manipulate system memory and potentially gain elevated privileges, posing a significant security risk. Users are advised to update their software to the latest versions to mitigate this security exposure.
CISA has reported CVE-2018-19321
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-2018-19321 as being exploited and is known by the CISA as enabling ransomware campaigns.
The CISA's recommendation is: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
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Exploit Proof of Concept (PoC)
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EPSS Score
40% chance of being exploited in the next 30 days.
CVSS V3.1
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Public PoC available
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Used in Ransomware
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Exploit known to exist
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CISA Reported
Vulnerability published
Vulnerability Reserved