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CVE-2018-18535

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-18535 describes a high-severity vulnerability in the Asusgio low-level driver within ASUS Aura Sync v1.07.22 and earlier, allowing attackers to read and write Machine Specific Registers (MSRs). This local privilege escalation could lead to arbitrary ring-0 code execution, granting full system control. While there are no known public exploits or active exploitation, the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness within the security community.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.07.22CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:asus:aura_sync_firmware:1.07.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.8HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.57%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
44.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0057 is in the 83rd percentile among its peer group of 17,070 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

packetstormsecurity.com / files/150893/ASUS-Driver-Privilege-Escalation.html
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2018/Dec/34
ExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory
secureauth.com / labs/advisories/asus-drivers-elevation-privilege-vulnerabilities
ExploitThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/106250
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry