CVE-2019-16098 Privilege escalation in n/a
Authenticated users can exploit the MSI Afterburner driver to read/write arbitrary memory, enabling privilege escalation and code execution.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2019-16098?
CVE-2019-16098 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 11 Sep 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The driver in Micro-Star MSI Afterburner 4.6.2.15658 (aka RTCore64.sys and RTCore32.sys) allows any authenticated user to read and write to arbitrary memory, I/O ports, and MSRs. This can be exploited for privilege escalation, code execution under high privileges, and information disclosure. These signed drivers can also be used to bypass the Microsoft driver-signing policy to deploy malicious code.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-16098?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Msi Afterburner.
How do I fix CVE-2019-16098?
No fix has been published for CVE-2019-16098 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2019-16098 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-16098 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Public exploit code: 5 proofs of concept on GitHub.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-pgj3-5w38-pg9m.