CVE-2021-44899 Privilege escalation in n/a

High 7.8 Published Updated

Attackers can escalate privileges by sending specific IOCTL requests to vulnerable drivers in MSI Center.

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-2021-44899?

CVE-2021-44899 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 4 Feb 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Micro-Star International (MSI) Center <= 1.0.31.0 is vulnerable to multiple Privilege Escalation vulnerabilities in the atidgllk.sys, atillk64.sys, MODAPI.sys, NTIOLib.sys, NTIOLib_X64.sys, WinRing0.sys, WinRing0x64.sys drivers components. All the vulnerabilities are triggered by sending specific IOCTL requests.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-44899?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Msi Center.

How do I fix CVE-2021-44899?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-44899 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2021-44899 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-44899 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-fh39-3mgf-f647.

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