CVE-2018-18535

ASUS Driver Privilege Escalation

Severity Score

7.8

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

The Asusgio low-level driver in ASUS Aura Sync v1.07.22 and earlier exposes functionality to read and write Machine Specific Registers (MSRs). This could be leveraged to execute arbitrary ring-0 code.

El controlador de bajo nivel Asusgio en ASUS Aura Sync, en versiones v1.07.22 y anteriores, expone funcionalidades para leer y escribir registros MSR (Machine Specific Registers). Esto podría aprovecharse para ejecutar código ring-0 arbitrario.

Multiple vulnerabilities were found in the GLCKIo and Asusgio drivers installed by ASUS Aura Sync, which could allow a local attacker to elevate privileges. ASUS Aura Sync versions 1.07.22 and below are affected.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2018-10-20 CVE Reserved
2018-12-21 CVE Published
2023-12-20 EPSS Updated
2024-08-05 CVE Updated
2024-08-05 First Exploit
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CAPEC

References (4)

URL	Tag	Source
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106250	Third Party Advisory

URL	Date	SRC
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/150893/ASUS-Driver-Privilege-Escalation.html	2024-08-05
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Dec/34	2024-08-05
https://www.secureauth.com/labs/advisories/asus-drivers-elevation-privilege-vulnerabilities	2024-08-05

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Asus Search vendor "Asus"	Aura Sync Firmware Search vendor "Asus" for product "Aura Sync Firmware"	1.07.22 Search vendor "Asus" for product "Aura Sync Firmware" and version "1.07.22"	-	Affected	in	Asus Search vendor "Asus"	Aura Sync Search vendor "Asus" for product "Aura Sync"	-	-	Safe