Vulnerability · Published Dec 14, 2022 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2022-44898
High 7.8
In plain English
A high-severity out-of-bounds write in the affected software. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 32% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 68.0% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
The MsIo64.sys component in Asus Aura Sync through v1.07.79 does not properly validate input to IOCTL 0x80102040, 0x80102044, 0x80102050, and 0x80102054, allowing attackers to trigger a memory corruption and cause a Denial of Service (DoS) or escalate privileges via crafted IOCTL requests.
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-787 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
References
- https://heegong.github.io/posts/ASUS-AuraSync-Kernel-Stack-Based-Buffer-Overflow-Local-Privilege-Escalation/
- https://www.asus.com/campaign/aura/us/download.php
- https://www.asus.com/content/ASUS-Product-Security-Advisory/
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/174447/MsIo64-LOLDriver-Memory-Corruption.html