VDB-128285 · CVE-2018-19320 · BID 106252

Gigabyte App Center GDrv Low-Level Driver access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Gigabyte App Center, Aorus Graphics Engine, Xtreme Gaming Engine and OC Guru II and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component GDrv Low-Level Driver. The manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2018-19320. The attack can only be performed from a local environment. Furthermore, an exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Gigabyte App Center, Aorus Graphics Engine, Xtreme Gaming Engine and OC Guru II. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown part of the component GDrv Low-Level Driver. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-284. The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The GDrv low-level driver in GIGABYTE APP Center v1.05.21 and earlier, AORUS GRAPHICS ENGINE before 1.57, XTREME GAMING ENGINE before 1.26, and OC GURU II v2.08 exposes ring0 memcpy-like functionality that could allow a local attacker to take complete control of the affected system.

The bug was discovered 12/18/2018. The weakness was published 12/21/2018 as not defined mailinglist post (Full-Disclosure). The advisory is shared at seclists.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2018-19320 since 11/16/2018. An attack has to be approached locally. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details are unknown but an exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

It is declared as attacked. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 3 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 371390 (GIGABYTE Drivers Elevation of Privilege Vulnerabilities). The CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog lists this issue since 10/24/2022 with a due date of 11/14/2022:

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at SecurityFocus (BID 106252†). Similar entries are available at VDB-128286, VDB-128287 and VDB-128288. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

Affected

  • Gigabyte App Center up to 1.05.21
  • Aorus Graphics Engine up to 1.33
  • Xtreme Gaming Engine up to 1.25
  • OC Guru II up to 2.08

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
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11/16/2018 🔍
12/18/2018 +32 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: seclists.org
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2018-19320 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-19320
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-128285
SecurityFocus: 106252 - Multiple GIGABYTE Products Multiple Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerabilities

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 12/22/2018 10:07
Updated: 11/07/2025 20:29
Changes: 12/22/2018 10:07 (62), 04/23/2020 11:14 (4), 04/27/2024 19:31 (28), 06/28/2024 22:37 (1), 09/09/2024 22:30 (1), 02/05/2025 01:47 (11), 11/07/2025 20:29 (1)
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