4.7
MEDIUM
CVE-2018-15499
GEAR Software GEARAspiWDM.sys Local Denial of Service
Description

GEAR Software products that include GEARAspiWDM.sys, 2.2.5.0, allow local users to cause a denial of service (Race Condition and BSoD on Windows) by not checking that user-mode memory is available right before writing to it. A check is only performed at the beginning of a long subroutine.

INFO

Published Date :

Aug. 24, 2018, 7:29 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 6, 2018, 3:36 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

1.0
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2018-15499 has a 8 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2018-15499 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Gearsoftware gearaspiwdm
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2018-15499.

URL Resource
https://downwithup.github.io/CVEPosts.html Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/DownWithUp/CVE-2018-15499 Exploit Third Party Advisory

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

None

Updated: 3 weeks ago
17 stars 5 fork 5 watcher
Born at : July 28, 2022, 3:22 a.m. This repo has been linked 149 different CVEs too.

None

Updated: 1 month, 2 weeks ago
1 stars 1 fork 1 watcher
Born at : May 16, 2021, 3:25 p.m. This repo has been linked 27 different CVEs too.

None

Updated: 1 month, 1 week ago
82 stars 32 fork 32 watcher
Born at : Oct. 2, 2020, 2:49 p.m. This repo has been linked 1111 different CVEs too.

None

Updated: 1 month, 2 weeks ago
110 stars 31 fork 31 watcher
Born at : Dec. 22, 2019, 11:49 a.m. This repo has been linked 33 different CVEs too.

None

Updated: 1 year, 9 months ago
3 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : March 21, 2019, 6:24 a.m. This repo has been linked 14 different CVEs too.

Master list of all my vulnerability discoveries. Mostly 3rd party kernel drivers.

cve exploits kernel windows-api exploit-development stockpile list

C

Updated: 1 month ago
47 stars 19 fork 19 watcher
Born at : Nov. 4, 2018, 9:18 p.m. This repo has been linked 21 different CVEs too.

PoC code for CVE-2018-15499 (exploit race condition for BSoD)

cve exploit-development winapi drivers bsod exploit

C

Updated: 1 month, 2 weeks ago
11 stars 4 fork 4 watcher
Born at : Aug. 21, 2018, 3:26 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

windows kernel security development

rootkit bootkit antirootkit antivirus shellcode driver framework

Updated: 2 weeks, 6 days ago
1936 stars 492 fork 492 watcher
Born at : March 19, 2018, 2:16 a.m. This repo has been linked 27 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2018-15499 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2018-15499 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Nov. 06, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://downwithup.github.io/CVEPosts.html No Types Assigned https://downwithup.github.io/CVEPosts.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/DownWithUp/CVE-2018-15499 No Types Assigned https://github.com/DownWithUp/CVE-2018-15499 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-362
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:gearsoftware:gearaspiwdm:2.2.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2018-15499 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2018-15499 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

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0.05635

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