Exploited vulnerability · CISA KEV
Yes. CVE-2018-19323, GIGABYTE Multiple Products Privilege Escalation Vulnerability, is being exploited in the wild. CISA added it to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 24 Oct 2022, 1403 days after it was published. It is known to be used in ransomware campaigns. It affects GIGABYTE Multiple Products. If you run it, CISA's required action is: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
The GPCIDrv and GDrv low-level drivers in GIGABYTE App Center, AORUS Graphics Engine, XTREME Gaming Engine, and OC GURU expose functionality to read and write arbitrary physical memory. This could be leveraged by a local attacker to elevate privileges.
| Vendor | GIGABYTE (4 exploited CVEs in KEV) |
| Product | Multiple Products |
| Vulnerability | GIGABYTE Multiple Products Privilege Escalation Vulnerability |
| Weakness | not specified |
| Published | 21 Dec 2018 |
| Added to KEV | 24 Oct 2022 |
| Reported by (CNA) | mitre |
Yes. CISA added CVE-2018-19323 to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 24 Oct 2022, which means there is reliable evidence of exploitation in the wild.
Yes, CISA lists it as known to be used in ransomware campaigns.
Apply updates per vendor instructions. Check GIGABYTE's advisory for the fixed versions, and if you can't patch quickly, restrict access to the affected Multiple Products and watch it for signs of compromise.
Sources: CISA KEV (exploitation, ransomware use, required action, due date), the CVE record (publication date, CVSS, CNA), NVD and FIRST EPSS (live score). More: all KEV additions in October 2022 · GIGABYTE scorecard · act-now radar.
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