CVE-2021-44903 Privilege escalation in n/a

High 7.8 Published Updated

Local attackers can escalate privileges to SYSTEM by sending malicious IOCTL requests to vulnerable MSI Center Pro 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-2021-44903?

CVE-2021-44903 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 Pro <= 2.0.16.0 is vulnerable to multiple Privilege Escalation (LPE/EoP) 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-2021-44903?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Msi Center Pro.

How do I fix CVE-2021-44903?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-44903 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2021-44903 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-44903 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-w6vr-43hm-fg5g.

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