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Local privilege escalation in Qualitysoft Corporation's QND endpoint management client for Windows (Advance ≤Ver.11.0.9i, Premium and Standard ≤Ver.11.1i) allows any logged-in user to execute arbitrary commands with SYSTEM privileges by abusing an improperly access-controlled named pipe exposed by the client component. The named pipe lacks a restrictive DACL, permitting user-mode processes running under low-privileged accounts to communicate with the SYSTEM-level pipe server and direct it to execute attacker-controlled commands. No public exploit code and no CISA KEV listing have been identified at time of analysis; JPCERT/CC and Qualitysoft Corporation have both published advisories.
Privilege escalation in PassMark's shared DirectIo64.sys kernel driver, bundled with PerformanceTest (before 11.1 build 1012), BurnInTest (before 11.1 build 1000), and OSForensics (before 11.1 build 1016), allows any low-privileged local user to gain complete hardware-level control over the host. The driver exposes IOCTLs without validating the target device, register offset, or value, enabling arbitrary PCI configuration space reads and writes. An attacker can leverage this to enable Bus Master DMA on any PCI device, remap Base Address Registers to attacker-controlled physical memory addresses, or halt storage controller I/O - all without kernel exploits. A public proof-of-concept is available; no active exploitation (CISA KEV) confirmed at time of analysis.
Local privilege escalation in the MBStorage DRAM lighting control module of GIGABYTE's Gigabyte Control Center (GCC) lets an authenticated low-privileged local user reach kernel-level privileges by abusing the bundled MyPortIO_x64.sys driver. The driver exposes IOCTL handlers without adequate access control, permitting arbitrary read and write of physical memory. No public exploit identified at time of analysis; the issue was reported by Taiwan's TWCERT and carries a CVSS 4.0 base score of 8.5 (High).
Local privilege escalation in MSI Feature Manager (GameGaraj) stems from its bundled KernCoreLib64.sys kernel driver exposing IOCTL handlers that any logged-on user can reach without administrator rights, granting arbitrary physical memory read/write and unrestricted I/O port access. Any low-privileged user on an affected Windows host can leverage this to manipulate kernel objects, tamper with kernel callbacks, bypass Protected Process Light (PPL), and disable endpoint security. Publicly available exploit code exists (published by VulnCheck), though there is no public exploit identified as being used in active attacks at time of analysis.
Local privilege escalation in NEC's ExpressUpdate Agent for Windows allows a low-privileged user who can already access the host to execute arbitrary code with SYSTEM privileges, owing to insufficient access controls on the agent. Reported by NEC under advisory NV26-004, the flaw carries a CVSS 4.0 base score of 8.5 (High) and maps to CWE-782 (exposed IOCTL with insufficient access control). There is no public exploit identified at time of analysis and it is not listed in CISA KEV.
Local privilege escalation in PC Tools Internet Security (Symantec) is possible because the PCTCore64.sys kernel driver exposes its PCTCoreDriver WDM device interface to user-mode processes without adequate access controls, allowing low-privileged users to invoke privileged IOCTL handlers. CERT/CC tracked this as VU#158530 and the affected driver is a candidate for Microsoft's recommended driver block list; no public exploit identified at time of analysis, though the vulnerability class (BYOVD-style abuse) is well understood by attackers.
Moxa MxGeneralIo utility versions prior to 1.4.0/1.5.0 expose IOCTL interfaces allowing authenticated high-privilege local attackers to directly access Model-Specific Registers (MSR) and system memory, enabling privilege escalation on Windows 7 or denial-of-service crashes (BSoD) on Windows 10/11. While CVSS 7.0 reflects high availability impact and network attack vector classification, the actual exploit requires local high-privilege access (PR:H), significantly reducing practical risk. No confirmed active exploitation (not in CISA KEV) or public proof-of-concept has been identified at time of analysis, though vendor advisory confirms patch availability.
Dell dbutil_2_3.sys driver contains an insufficient access control vulnerability which may lead to escalation of privileges, denial of service, or information disclosure. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.
Local process termination in Yungengxin Cloud Billing 2024.11.28.11 allows any authenticated local user who can reach the bundled LWBilling64.sys kernel driver to kill arbitrary processes running on the host, because the IOCTL handler at sub_14000443C acts on a caller-supplied Pid without adequate access control. Exploitation requires only local low-privileged access (CVSS 3.1 AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N), with no user interaction and no elevation beyond that, and the impact is confined to integrity and availability - no data disclosure and no remote path exist. Publicly available exploit code has been published and may be used, but the issue is not in CISA KEV, the scored severity is low (CVSS 4.0 base 1.9, E:P), and the software's narrow deployment footprint limits real-world reach; the vendor was contacted prior to disclosure and did not respond.
The Armoury Crate kernel-mode driver on ASUS systems exposes an IOCTL interface without adequate caller verification, enabling a locally authenticated low-privilege user to inject arbitrary process identifiers into the driver's trusted-process whitelist via a crafted IOCTL request. Bypassing this verification (CWE-782) allows the attacker's process to assume whitelisted trust status within the driver, gaining access to driver functions ordinarily restricted to ASUS's own software. No public exploit has been identified and the vendor-assigned CVSS 4.0 score of 2.0 reflects the constrained real-world impact: local-only access, high exploitation complexity, and limited integrity gain.
Local privilege escalation in Qualitysoft Corporation's QND endpoint management client for Windows (Advance ≤Ver.11.0.9i, Premium and Standard ≤Ver.11.1i) allows any logged-in user to execute arbitrary commands with SYSTEM privileges by abusing an improperly access-controlled named pipe exposed by the client component. The named pipe lacks a restrictive DACL, permitting user-mode processes running under low-privileged accounts to communicate with the SYSTEM-level pipe server and direct it to execute attacker-controlled commands. No public exploit code and no CISA KEV listing have been identified at time of analysis; JPCERT/CC and Qualitysoft Corporation have both published advisories.
Privilege escalation in PassMark's shared DirectIo64.sys kernel driver, bundled with PerformanceTest (before 11.1 build 1012), BurnInTest (before 11.1 build 1000), and OSForensics (before 11.1 build 1016), allows any low-privileged local user to gain complete hardware-level control over the host. The driver exposes IOCTLs without validating the target device, register offset, or value, enabling arbitrary PCI configuration space reads and writes. An attacker can leverage this to enable Bus Master DMA on any PCI device, remap Base Address Registers to attacker-controlled physical memory addresses, or halt storage controller I/O - all without kernel exploits. A public proof-of-concept is available; no active exploitation (CISA KEV) confirmed at time of analysis.
Local privilege escalation in the MBStorage DRAM lighting control module of GIGABYTE's Gigabyte Control Center (GCC) lets an authenticated low-privileged local user reach kernel-level privileges by abusing the bundled MyPortIO_x64.sys driver. The driver exposes IOCTL handlers without adequate access control, permitting arbitrary read and write of physical memory. No public exploit identified at time of analysis; the issue was reported by Taiwan's TWCERT and carries a CVSS 4.0 base score of 8.5 (High).
Local privilege escalation in MSI Feature Manager (GameGaraj) stems from its bundled KernCoreLib64.sys kernel driver exposing IOCTL handlers that any logged-on user can reach without administrator rights, granting arbitrary physical memory read/write and unrestricted I/O port access. Any low-privileged user on an affected Windows host can leverage this to manipulate kernel objects, tamper with kernel callbacks, bypass Protected Process Light (PPL), and disable endpoint security. Publicly available exploit code exists (published by VulnCheck), though there is no public exploit identified as being used in active attacks at time of analysis.
Local privilege escalation in NEC's ExpressUpdate Agent for Windows allows a low-privileged user who can already access the host to execute arbitrary code with SYSTEM privileges, owing to insufficient access controls on the agent. Reported by NEC under advisory NV26-004, the flaw carries a CVSS 4.0 base score of 8.5 (High) and maps to CWE-782 (exposed IOCTL with insufficient access control). There is no public exploit identified at time of analysis and it is not listed in CISA KEV.
Local privilege escalation in PC Tools Internet Security (Symantec) is possible because the PCTCore64.sys kernel driver exposes its PCTCoreDriver WDM device interface to user-mode processes without adequate access controls, allowing low-privileged users to invoke privileged IOCTL handlers. CERT/CC tracked this as VU#158530 and the affected driver is a candidate for Microsoft's recommended driver block list; no public exploit identified at time of analysis, though the vulnerability class (BYOVD-style abuse) is well understood by attackers.
Moxa MxGeneralIo utility versions prior to 1.4.0/1.5.0 expose IOCTL interfaces allowing authenticated high-privilege local attackers to directly access Model-Specific Registers (MSR) and system memory, enabling privilege escalation on Windows 7 or denial-of-service crashes (BSoD) on Windows 10/11. While CVSS 7.0 reflects high availability impact and network attack vector classification, the actual exploit requires local high-privilege access (PR:H), significantly reducing practical risk. No confirmed active exploitation (not in CISA KEV) or public proof-of-concept has been identified at time of analysis, though vendor advisory confirms patch availability.
Dell dbutil_2_3.sys driver contains an insufficient access control vulnerability which may lead to escalation of privileges, denial of service, or information disclosure. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.
Local process termination in Yungengxin Cloud Billing 2024.11.28.11 allows any authenticated local user who can reach the bundled LWBilling64.sys kernel driver to kill arbitrary processes running on the host, because the IOCTL handler at sub_14000443C acts on a caller-supplied Pid without adequate access control. Exploitation requires only local low-privileged access (CVSS 3.1 AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N), with no user interaction and no elevation beyond that, and the impact is confined to integrity and availability - no data disclosure and no remote path exist. Publicly available exploit code has been published and may be used, but the issue is not in CISA KEV, the scored severity is low (CVSS 4.0 base 1.9, E:P), and the software's narrow deployment footprint limits real-world reach; the vendor was contacted prior to disclosure and did not respond.
The Armoury Crate kernel-mode driver on ASUS systems exposes an IOCTL interface without adequate caller verification, enabling a locally authenticated low-privilege user to inject arbitrary process identifiers into the driver's trusted-process whitelist via a crafted IOCTL request. Bypassing this verification (CWE-782) allows the attacker's process to assume whitelisted trust status within the driver, gaining access to driver functions ordinarily restricted to ASUS's own software. No public exploit has been identified and the vendor-assigned CVSS 4.0 score of 2.0 reflects the constrained real-world impact: local-only access, high exploitation complexity, and limited integrity gain.