7.8
HIGH
CVE-2021-28685
ASUS GPUTweak II Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Description

AsIO2_64.sys and AsIO2_32.sys in ASUS GPUTweak II before 2.3.0.3 allow low-privileged users to interact directly with physical memory (by calling one of several driver routines that map physical memory into the virtual address space of the calling process) and to interact with MSR registers. This could enable low-privileged users to achieve NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM privileges via a DeviceIoControl.

INFO

Published Date :

April 8, 2021, 11:15 a.m.

Last Modified :

July 12, 2022, 5:42 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

1.8
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2021-28685 has a 2 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-2021-28685 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 Asus gputweak_ii
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-2021-28685.

URL Resource
https://gist.github.com/DStraghkov/fba4994ac4bb3a6e2940b21743563df0 Third Party Advisory
https://www.asus.com/Static_WebPage/ASUS-Product-Security-Advisory/ Vendor 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).

Some usefull info when reverse engineering Kernel Mode Anti-Cheat

anti-cheat anticheat reverse-engineering kernel windows driver kernel-driver heuristics kmac

C++

Updated: 2 months, 3 weeks ago
66 stars 19 fork 19 watcher
Born at : Oct. 13, 2020, 7:54 a.m. This repo has been linked 7 different CVEs too.

Kernel Driver Utility

loader driver-loader dse byovd

C C++ Assembly

Updated: 2 months, 2 weeks ago
1906 stars 411 fork 411 watcher
Born at : Feb. 2, 2020, 5:28 a.m. This repo has been linked 24 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-2021-28685 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2021-28685 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
  • CWE Remap by [email protected]

    Jul. 12, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CWE CWE-269 NVD-CWE-Other
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Apr. 20, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://gist.github.com/DStraghkov/fba4994ac4bb3a6e2940b21743563df0 No Types Assigned https://gist.github.com/DStraghkov/fba4994ac4bb3a6e2940b21743563df0 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.asus.com/Static_WebPage/ASUS-Product-Security-Advisory/ No Types Assigned https://www.asus.com/Static_WebPage/ASUS-Product-Security-Advisory/ Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-269
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:asus:gputweak_ii:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 2.3.0.3
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-2021-28685 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-2021-28685 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

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

0.04 }} 0.00%

score

0.10264

percentile

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