Threats / GIGABYTE / CVE-2018-19320
CVE-2018-19320
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Verified 2026-06-22
GIGABYTE Multiple Products vulnerability
GIGABYTE driver exposes ring0 memcpy functionality allowing local attackers complete system control via multiple affected applications.
Verdict
Today item, not a backlog item.
A privilege escalation vulnerability in GIGABYTE's low-level driver enables local code execution with kernel privileges. Active exploitation and ransomware deployment confirm critical risk to affected systems.
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Is it exploitable?
— the evidence, ranked above the scoreExploit available
Public proof-of-concept exploit code is cataloged for this vulnerability.We link the existence of the exploit; we do not host or redistribute payloads.
Reported exploitation
8 independent public reports of in-the-wild exploitation are cataloged.Distinct reporting sources (vendor, incident response, government); open them for the underlying claims.
Exploited in the wild
Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2022-10-24), flagged for known ransomware use.
Probability (EPSS)
EPSS 0.03597 — modeled likelihood of exploitation activity.EPSS is a daily-changing model output — open the source for today's value.
Severity / affected
Affected: GIGABYTE, Multiple Products. Confirm exact fixed builds in the vendor advisory.
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Who’s exploiting it?
— attribution turns risk into urgencyAttribution not established
No confirmed (advisory-backed) threat-actor attribution is established for this record. Absence of a named actor is not absence of compromise — see Coverage & confidence.
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Why it matters
— the attack path, told twice: adversary, then board1
Front door — unauthenticated access narrative 1
Attacker
I gain local access to a system running vulnerable GIGABYTE software.
Business
User systems become entry points for post-compromise lateral movement and persistence.
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Keys to the kingdom — privilege/identity takeover narrative 2
Attacker
I exploit the GDrv driver's exposed ring0 memcpy functionality to write arbitrary kernel memory.
Business
Security controls and kernel protections are bypassed, eliminating OS-level defenses.
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Lateral reach — past segmentation narrative 3
Attacker
I achieve kernel-level code execution and establish complete system control.
Business
Attackers gain unrestricted access to sensitive data, system resources, and ability to persist undetected.
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Data at risk — exfiltration narrative 4
Attacker
I deploy ransomware or additional malware with kernel privileges.
Business
Operations are disrupted, data is encrypted or exfiltrated, and recovery costs escalate significantly.
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What to do
— defensible action- Remediate per the vendor advisory — confirm the fixed build for your version and verify exposure.1
Say it to the boardA vulnerability with this evidence profile is a defensible budget line, not a backlog ticket — fund the change against the proof above.
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