Vulnerability in AMD Atillk64

CVE-2019-7246

An issue was discovered in atillk64.sys in AMD ATI Diagnostics Hardware Abstraction Sys/Overclocking Utility 5.11.9.0. The vulnerable driver exposes a wrmsr instruction 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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CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (32.7th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 33rd percentile — 32.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2019-7246: held from 0.004 to 0.004.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000

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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-7246?
CVE-2019-7246 is a medium-severity vulnerability in AMD Atillk64. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2020-05-18.
How severe is CVE-2019-7246?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.