VDB-141663 · CVE-2019-16098 · GCVE-0-2019-16098

Micro-Star MSI Afterburner 4.6.2.15658 Driver RTCore64.sys privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Micro-Star MSI Afterburner 4.6.2.15658. Impacted is an unknown function in the library RTCore64.sys of the component Driver. Performing a manipulation results in privileges management. This vulnerability was named CVE-2019-16098. The attack needs to be approached locally. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Micro-Star MSI Afterburner 4.6.2.15658. This affects an unknown code in the library RTCore64.sys of the component Driver. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The driver in Micro-Star MSI Afterburner 4.6.2.15658 (aka RTCore64.sys and RTCore32.sys) allows any authenticated user to read and write to arbitrary memory, I/O ports, and MSRs. This can be exploited for privilege escalation, code execution under high privileges, and information disclosure. These signed drivers can also be used to bypass the Microsoft driver-signing policy to deploy malicious code.

The weakness was presented 09/11/2019. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2019-16098 since 09/08/2019. The exploitability is told to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

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

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Productinfo

Vendor

Micro-Star

Name

MSI Afterburner

Version

4.6.2.15658

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.5

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.3
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NVD Base Score: 7.8
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

09/08/2019 🔍
09/11/2019 +3 days 🔍
09/12/2019 +1 days 🔍
12/19/2023 +1559 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: github.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2019-16098 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2019-16098
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-141663

Entryinfo

Created: 09/12/2019 08:26
Updated: 12/19/2023 10:12
Changes: 09/12/2019 08:26 (37), 08/21/2020 08:51 (17), 12/19/2023 10:12 (3)
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