What is CVE-2021-28685?

CVE-2021-28685 is a high-severity vulnerability in Asus Gputweak Ii. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2021-04-08.

How severe is CVE-2021-28685?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2021-28685 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Asus Gputweak Ii

CVE-2021-28685

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.

EPSS: 0.003 (24.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Asus Gputweak_ii
N/a — versions n/a

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-28685?: CVE-2021-28685 is a high-severity vulnerability in Asus Gputweak Ii. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2021-04-08.
How severe is CVE-2021-28685?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2021-28685 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.