CVE-2018-18535

HIGH

ASUS Aura Sync <= 1.07.22 - Privilege Escalation via Asusgio Driver MSR Access

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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.

References (4)

Core 4
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106250
Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry x_refsource_misc
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/150893/ASUS-Driver-Privilege-Escalation.html
Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_fulldisc
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Dec/34

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0010
EPSS Percentile 27.0%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

Status published
Products (1)
asus/aura_sync_firmware 1.07.22
Published Dec 26, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026