Vulnerability · Published Dec 18, 2020 · Assigned by talos

CVE-2020-13515

High 8.8

In plain English

A high-severity privilege mismanagement in NZXT. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 45% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.0)8.8High

Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 54.8% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the WinRing0x64 Driver IRP 0x9c40a148 functionality of NZXT CAM 4.8.0. A specially crafted I/O request packet (IRP) can cause an adversary to obtain elevated privileges. An attacker can send a malicious IRP to trigger this vulnerability.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	NZXT	NZXT CAM 4.8.0

Weakness: CWE-269 · Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2020-1112 x_refsource_MISC