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Public proof of concept

CVE-2019-16098

A public proof of concept exists; no exploitation attested.

  • Published2019-09-11
  • WeaknessCWE-125 · CWE-787

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Description

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.

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2019-09-1117:15CVE publishedNVD

Observed activity

isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-11-03 21:37 UTC
Indicators tagged with this CVE, per day0 indicators over 7 days
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Versions per branch

NVD
Msi afterburner
BranchAffectedFixed in
4.6= 4.6.2.15658no fix published

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Fix

No fix published by the sources we read yet. NVD record

Detection

read 2026-11-03 22:42 UTC
Nuclei template
none so far
ProjectDiscovery
Exploit-DB
no entry
Exploit-DB
Proof-of-concept repositories
5 repositories, unverifiedBarakat/CVE-2019-160980xDivyanshu-new/CVE-2019-16098Offensive-Panda/NT-AUTHORITY-SYSTEM-CONTEXT-RTCOREVortexCry-Organization/VortexCry-Ransomware-ReleaseCrowTheArchfiend/RTCore64-probe
PoC-in-GitHub
Metasploit modules
none listed
Metasploit Framework

Sources

  • NVDCVSS 3.17.8read 2026-10-23
  • NVDCVSS 2.07.2read 2026-10-23
  • NVDweakness (CWE)CWE-125, CWE-787read 2026-10-23
  • FIRST EPSSEPSS score19.8 %read 2026-11-03
  • PoC-in-GitHubproof of concept5read 2026-11-03

Identifiers

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published
2019-09-11
Last Modified
2026-06-17
NVD status
Modified

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-16098?

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.

Is CVE-2019-16098 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2019-16098 has not been confirmed. Its EPSS score was 19.8% on 2026-11-03, the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2019-16098?

CVE-2019-16098 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8 (HIGH severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

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