CVE-2020-13512 Privilege escalation in NZXT
A local attacker can exploit a driver vulnerability in NZXT CAM to gain elevated privileges via a crafted I/O request packet.
- 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-2020-13512?
CVE-2020-13512 is a high-severity vulnerability in NZXT, published on 18 Dec 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the WinRing0x64 Driver Privileged I/O Write IRPs functionality of NZXT CAM 4.8.0. A specially crafted I/O request packet (IRP) can cause increased privileges. Using the IRP 0x9c40a0d8 gives a low privilege user direct access to the OUT instruction that is completely unrestrained at an elevated privilege level. An attacker can send a malicious IRP to trigger this vulnerability.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-13512?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Nzxt Cam.
How do I fix CVE-2020-13512?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-13512 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2020-13512 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-13512 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in NZXT
Sources
Also known as GHSA-xcvh-gw38-q5j4.