CVE-2021-28685 Privilege escalation in n/a
Low-privileged users can escalate to SYSTEM privileges by interacting with physical memory and MSR registers via the ASUS GPU Tweak II driver.
- 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-2021-28685?
CVE-2021-28685 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 8 Apr 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
AsIO2_64.sys and AsIO2_32.sys in ASUS GPUTweak II before 2.3.0.3 allow low-privileged users to interact directly with physical memory (by calling one of several driver routines that map physical memory into the virtual address space of the calling process) and to interact with MSR registers. This could enable low-privileged users to achieve NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM privileges via a DeviceIoControl.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-28685?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Asus Gputweak Ii.
How do I fix CVE-2021-28685?
No fix has been published for CVE-2021-28685 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2021-28685 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-28685 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-xhw8-68ww-6958.