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CVE-2018-19320 KEVRansomwarePublic exploit High · 7.8 EPSS 4.6%

GIGABYTE Multiple Products Unspecified Vulnerability

GIGABYTE · Multiple Products

Summary

The GDrv low-level driver shipped with GIGABYTE APP Center (v1.05.21 and earlier), AORUS GRAPHICS ENGINE (before 1.57), XTREME GAMING ENGINE (before 1.26), and OC GURU II (v2.08) exposes ring0 memcpy-like functionality. A local attacker with low privileges and no user interaction could use it to gain complete control of the affected system.

Official description · NVD

The GDrv low-level driver in GIGABYTE APP Center v1.05.21 and earlier, AORUS GRAPHICS ENGINE before 1.57, XTREME GAMING ENGINE before 1.26, and OC GURU II v2.08 exposes ring0 memcpy-like functionality that could allow a local attacker to take complete control of the affected system.

Breakdown
76.8 / 100
Exploited
Yes, in CISA KEV
Reports
0
Tactics
2/15

How an attack unfolds

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  1. How attackers get in

  2. What they do

First seen exploited 14 months after disclosure. Public exploit code (PoC-in-GitHub) appeared 16 months after disclosure.

  1. Disclosedday 0
  2. First seen exploitedVulnCheck KEV evidence+14 mo
  3. Public exploit codePoC-in-GitHub+16 mo
  4. Added to CISA KEVknown ransomware use; EU database agrees+4 yrs

CISA KEV listing is when exploitation was confirmed, not necessarily the first attack.

techniques

2 , grouped by in kill-chain order, 2 cited passages 2

Privilege EscalationTA0004

Exploitation for Privilege Escalation T1068 Medium
AI mapping from the description · how it is exploited

local driver flaw enables privilege escalation to kernel

exposes ring0 memcpy-like functionality that could allow a local attacker
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Stealth

Rootkit T1014 Medium
AI mapping from the description · primary impact

kernel-level control enables rootkit-style hiding

could allow a local attacker to take complete control of the affected system
From the official description (NVD) Original (opens in a new tab) ↗
Lower-confidence links (1)

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  • Stage CapabilitiesT1608 CTID attack_to_cve Phase 1 "Uncategorized" mapping (not staged by impact)

Detection

0 rules for this CVE · 32 general rules for its techniques

Rules for this CVE

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What security researchers reported

Not named in any threat report yet

Also mentioned in 50 community threat pulses (AlienVault OTX)

Weaker evidence

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References

6 links, grouped by NVD tag (5 duplicates merged)
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