CVE-2019-7246

low-risk
Published 2020-05-18

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.

Do I need to act?

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0.07% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 6.7/10 Medium
LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Atillk64

Affected Vendors

Amd

References (2)

Third Party Advisory https://github.com/fireeye/Vulnerability-Disclosures/blob/master/FEYE-2019-0015/...
Third Party Advisory https://github.com/fireeye/Vulnerability-Disclosures/blob/master/FEYE-2019-0015/...
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low-risk
Severity 21/34 · High
Exploitability 0/34 · Minimal
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal