Millions of HP OMEN gaming laptops and desktops are exposed to attack by a very serious vulnerability that allows hackers to activate denial of service states or escalate privileges and disable security solutions.
The security flaw (tracked as CVE-2021-3437) found in a driver used by OMEN Gaming Hub software that comes pre-installed on all HP OMEN desktops and notebooks.
CVE-2021-3437 is due to HP’s choice to use code partially copied from WinRing0.sys, an open source driver, which they used to build their own HpPortIox64.sys driver that the OMEN Gaming Hub software uses to read / write memory kernel settings, PCI configurations, IO ports, and Model Specific Registers (MSR).
According to a SentinelOne post, the vulnerability in the driver could give access to the system to any user without privileges. “If this serious flaw is exploited, it could allow any user of the computer, even without privileges, to change those privileges and access the kernel”. Once inside, the attacker could overwrite any file and exchange it for malicious files, corrupt the system, and more.
HP was already aware of the problem and Omen Gaming Hub already has a patched update since July. The SentinelOne post now alerts any HP PC owner to protect themselves with the update.
Earlier this year, SentinelOne had found a 16-year-old flaw in drivers for HP, Xerox, and Samsung printers, as well as another 12-year-old flaw in Microsoft Defender Antivirus, which granted attackers administrator privileges.
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