Privilege escalation in Amd Radeon_pro_w5500
CVE-2023-20598
An improper privilege management in the AMD Radeon™ Graphics driver may allow an authenticated attacker to craft an IOCTL request to gain I/O control over arbitrary hardware ports or physical addresses resulting in a potential arbitrary…
Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation
EPSS: 0.005 (37.1th 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
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- psirt@amd.com (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2023-20598?
- CVE-2023-20598 is a high-severity vulnerability in Amd Radeon_pro_w5500, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2023-10-17.
- How severe is CVE-2023-20598?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2023-20598 known to be exploited?
- 13 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.