CVE-2021-44900 Privilege escalation in n/a
Attackers can escalate privileges on systems running MSI App Player by sending malicious IOCTL requests to vulnerable kernel drivers.
- 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-2021-44900?
CVE-2021-44900 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) App Player <= 4.280.1.6309 is vulnerable to multiple Privilege Escalation (LPE/EoP) vulnerabilities in the NTIOLib_X64.sys and BstkDrv_msi2.sys drivers components. All the vulnerabilities are triggered by sending specific IOCTL requests.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-44900?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Msi App Player.
How do I fix CVE-2021-44900?
No fix has been published for CVE-2021-44900 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2021-44900 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-44900 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-cm8v-jccf-47qv.