Local privilege escalation via unrestricted driver IOCTLs
Published Jan 6, 2025 · Updated Feb 11, 2025
Missing authorization in AsusSAIO.sys for ASUS System Control Interface V1 before 1.0.30.0 and V3 before 3.1.41.0 allows local privilege escalation. The driver dispatches crafted DeviceIoControl requests without checking caller privileges, exposing physical-memory mapping, I/O-port access, and model-specific register reads and writes. Low-privileged local access is sufficient to execute code with elevated privileges or disclose protected information.
Summary
What happened
Missing authorization in AsusSAIO.sys for ASUS System Control Interface V1 before 1.0.30.0 and V3 before 3.1.41.0 allows local privilege escalation. The driver dispatches crafted DeviceIoControl requests without checking caller privileges, exposing physical-memory mapping, I/O-port access, and model-specific register reads and writes. Low-privileged local access is sufficient to execute code with elevated privileges or disclose protected information.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-55408
- Published
- Jan 6, 2025
- Updated
- Feb 11, 2025
- Vendor
- ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
- Product
- ASUS System Control Interface
- Classifications
- CWE-862, T1068
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jan 6, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Feb 11, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=before 1.0.30.0
- Affected versionversion=before 3.1.41.0
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