Asus Aura Sync up to 1.07.22 GLCKIo/Asusgio access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Asus Aura Sync up to 1.07.22 and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component GLCKIo/Asusgio. Performing a manipulation results in access control. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2018-18536. The attack must be initiated from a local position. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Asus Aura Sync up to 1.07.22. This affects an unknown part of the component GLCKIo/Asusgio. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-264. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The GLCKIo and Asusgio low-level drivers in ASUS Aura Sync v1.07.22 and earlier expose functionality to read/write data from/to IO ports. This could be leveraged in a number of ways to ultimately run code with elevated privileges.

The bug was discovered 12/21/2018. The weakness was shared 12/26/2018 as not defined mailinglist post (Full-Disclosure). It is possible to read the advisory at seclists.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2018-18536 since 10/20/2018. The exploitability is told to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 5 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 371525 (ASUS Aura Sync Elevation of Privilege Vulnerabilities).

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 106250†). The entries VDB-128438 and VDB-128440 are related to this item. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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10/20/2018 🔍
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12/27/2018 +1 days 🔍
06/22/2023 +1638 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: asus.com

Advisory: 150893
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2018-18536 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-18536
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-128439
SecurityFocus: 106250 - Asus Aura Sync Multiple Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerabilities

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Entryinfo

Created: 12/27/2018 11:04
Updated: 06/22/2023 09:03
Changes: 12/27/2018 11:04 (62), 04/24/2020 14:22 (3), 06/22/2023 09:03 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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