CVE-2019-7244
HIGHAIDA64 < 5.99 - Privilege Escalation via Unfiltered MSR Write in kerneld.sys
Title source: llmDescription
An issue was discovered in kerneld.sys in AIDA64 before 5.99. The vulnerable driver exposes a wrmsr instruction via IOCTL 0x80112084 and does not properly filter the Model Specific Register (MSR). Allowing arbitrary MSR writes can lead to Ring-0 code execution and escalation of privileges.
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/fireeye/Vulnerability-Disclosures/blob/master/FEYE-2019-0010/FEYE-2019-0010.md
Scores
CVSS v3
7.2
EPSS
0.0239
EPSS Percentile
81.8%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-665
Status
published
Products (1)
aida64/aida64
< 5.99
Published
Mar 25, 2020
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026