CVE-2021-27965 is a critical buffer overflow vulnerability (CWE-120) in the MsIo64.sys driver, affecting MSI Dragon Center versions prior to 2.0.98.0. This flaw allows for privilege escalation through specially crafted IOCTL requests (0x80102040, 0x80102044, 0x80102050, or 0x80102054). With a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical), it presents a severe risk, enabling complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, indicating awareness and potential interest.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 2.0.98.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:msi:dragon_center:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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