Description
The GDrv low-level driver in GIGABYTE APP Center v1.05.21 and earlier, AORUS GRAPHICS ENGINE before 1.57, XTREME GAMING ENGINE before 1.26, and OC GURU II v2.08 exposes functionality to read and write Machine Specific Registers (MSRs).
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
GitHub 1 repository
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blueisbeautiful/CVE-2018-19323 ★ 0 · Aug 27, 2025
An exploitation framework for CVE-2018-19323 - GIGABYTE GDrv privilege escalation vulnerability with multi-architecture support and framework integration
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- 20181221 [CORE-2018-0007] - GIGABYTE Driver Elevation of Privilege Vulnerabilities mailing-list
- https://www.secureauth.com/labs/advisories/gigabyte-drivers-elevation-privilege-vulnerabilities
- 106252 vdb-entry
- https://www.gigabyte.com/tw/Support/Utility/Graphics-Card
- https://www.gigabyte.com/Support/Security/1801