Exploited· due 2022-11-147.8highHighused in ransomware
CVE-2018-19322
Gigabyte Aorus Graphics Engine
The GPCIDrv and GDrv low-level drivers 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 expose functionality to read/write data from/to IO ports. This could be leveraged in a number of ways to ultimately run code with elevated privileges.
Exploitation status
- CISA has confirmed this is being exploited in the wild. That is an observation of real attacks, not a prediction.
- It is known to have been used in ransomware campaigns.
- US federal civilian agencies are required to remediate it by 2022-11-14. That deadline does not bind private companies, but it is a reasonable benchmark for how urgently CISA views it.
- A vendor advisory or patch reference has been published.
Required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
CISA’s wording, unedited.
What the metrics mean
- It is requires local access to the machine.
- For an attacker who can reach it, no special conditions are needed to exploit it.
- To exploit it, an ordinary user account is needed.
- Beyond that, no action by a user is required.
Scoring
- CVSS
- 7.8 (v3.1)
- Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H- Weakness
- CWE-749
- Assigned by
- cve@mitre.org
Dates
- Published
- 2018-12-21
- Last modified
- 2026-08-13
- Added to KEV
- 2022-10-24
- Remediation due
- 2022-11-14
- Sources
- CISA KEV, NVD
Affected products
- Gigabyte Aorus Graphics Engine- 1.57
- Gigabyte App Center- 1.05.21
- Gigabyte Oc Guru Ii2.08
- Gigabyte Xtreme Gaming Engine- 1.26
As listed in the NVD configuration data. Not a statement about your estate.
References
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Dec/39
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106252
- https://www.gigabyte.com/Support/Security/1801
- https://www.gigabyte.com/tw/Support/Utility/Graphics-Card
- https://www.secureauth.com/labs/advisories/gigabyte-drivers-elevation-privilege-vulnerabilities
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2018-19322