The driver in Micro-Star MSI Afterburner 4.6.2.15658 (aka RTCore64.sys and RTCore32.sys)…
Priority MEDIUM 53CWE-125Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-787 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
The driver in Micro-Star MSI Afterburner 4.6.2.15658 (aka RTCore64.sys and RTCore32.sys) allows any authenticated user to read and write to arbitrary memory, I/O ports, and MSRs. This can be exploited for privilege escalation, code execution under high privileges, and information disclosure. These signed drivers can also be used to bypass the Microsoft driver-signing policy to deploy malicious code.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.19839 97th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2019-16098
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-pgj3-5w38-pg9m
References
More MSI Afterburner vulnerabilities
- TI-2024-01363 MSI Afterburner v4.6.5.16370 - Kernel Memory Leak CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.6
- TI-2024-01348 MSI Afterburner v4.6.5.16370 - Denial of Service CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.4
Sources
- CVE-2019-16098 · CVE Program
- CVE-2019-16098 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-pgj3-5w38-pg9m · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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