Description
An issue was discovered in GPU-Z.sys in TechPowerUp GPU-Z before 2.23.0. The vulnerable driver exposes a wrmsr instruction via an IOCTL and does not properly filter the Model Specific Register (MSR). Allowing arbitrary MSR writes can lead to Ring-0 code execution and escalation of privileges.
Published: 2020-03-25
Score: 7.2 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2019-16789 An issue was discovered in GPU-Z.sys in TechPowerUp GPU-Z before 2.23.0. The vulnerable driver exposes a wrmsr instruction via an IOCTL and does not properly filter the Model Specific Register (MSR). Allowing arbitrary MSR writes can lead to Ring-0 code execution and escalation of privileges.
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Techpowerup Gpu-z
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-04T20:46:44.769Z

Reserved: 2019-01-31T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2019-7245

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Status : Modified

Published: 2020-03-25T17:15:14.263

Modified: 2024-11-21T04:47:49.867

Link: CVE-2019-7245

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