CVE-2018-19321: GIGABYTE Multiple Products Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
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CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities
- Name
- GIGABYTE Multiple Products Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
- Vendor
- GIGABYTE
- Product
- Multiple Products
- Added to the catalog
- 2022-10-24
- Due date for US federal agencies
- 2022-11-14
- Catalog version
- 2026.10.30
The GPCIDrv and GDrv low-level drivers in GIGABYTE App Center, AORUS Graphics Engine, XTREME Gaming Engine, and OC GURU II expose functionality to read and write arbitrary physical memory. This could be leveraged by a local attacker to elevate privileges.
Required action (CISA)
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Ransomware use: CISA marks this vulnerability as known to be used in ransomware campaigns. CISA does not say which group used it.
Links in CISA's notes
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NVD analysis
- Status
- Analyzed
- Published
- 2018-12-21T23:29:00.573
- Last modified
- 2026-08-13T05:17:16.560
- Weaknesses
- NVD-CWE-noinfo
The GPCIDrv and GDrv low-level drivers 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 expose functionality to read and write arbitrary physical memory. This could be leveraged by a local attacker to elevate privileges.
| Metric | Score | Severity | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | 7.8 | HIGH | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | [email protected] (Primary) |
| CVSS 3.1 | 7.8 | HIGH | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 (Secondary) |
| CVSS 2.0 | 7.2 | HIGH | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C | [email protected] (Primary) |
References
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Dec/39 (Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106252 (Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- https://www.gigabyte.com/Support/Security/1801 (Vendor Advisory)
- https://www.secureauth.com/labs/advisories/gigabyte-drivers-elevation-privilege-vulnerabilities (Broken Link, Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Dec/39 (Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106252 (Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- https://www.gigabyte.com/Support/Security/1801 (Vendor Advisory)
- https://www.secureauth.com/labs/advisories/gigabyte-drivers-elevation-privilege-vulnerabilities (Broken Link, Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2018-19321 (US Government Resource)
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CVE record
- Assigner
- mitre
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- 2018-12-21T23:00:00.000Z
- Updated
- 2026-08-13T03:55:52.004Z
- Problem types
- n/a
The GPCIDrv and GDrv low-level drivers 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 expose functionality to read and write arbitrary physical memory. This could be leveraged by a local attacker to elevate privileges.
References
- 20181221 [CORE-2018-0007] - GIGABYTE Driver Elevation of Privilege Vulnerabilities
- https://www.secureauth.com/labs/advisories/gigabyte-drivers-elevation-privilege-vulnerabilities
- 106252
- https://www.gigabyte.com/Support/Security/1801
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Dragons Eye Ransomware Tracker, "CVE-2018-19321: GIGABYTE Multiple Products Privilege Escalation Vulnerability",
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https://ransomware-tracker.com/cve/CVE-2018-19321 (accessed 2026-11-03).
Underlying source: CISA Catalog of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities, version 2026.10.30.
Underlying source: National Vulnerability Database (NIST), CVE API 2.0, record last modified 2026-08-13T05:17:16.560.
Underlying source: CVE List (CVE Program, The MITRE Corporation), record updated 2026-08-13T03:55:52.004Z.
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