The GLCKIo low-level driver in ASUS Aura Sync v1.07.22 and earlier exposes a path to write an arbitrary DWORD to an arbitrary address.

published 2018-12-26 7y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2018-10259

cvss: 5.5; version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.5%; EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 44%
public exploits: 0; none known

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Exploit prediction

0.53% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 44% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

packetstormsecurity.com http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/150893/ASUS-Driver-Privilege-Escalation.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
secureauth.com https://www.secureauth.com/labs/advisories/asus-drivers-elevation-privilege-vulnerabilities referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
seclists.org http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Dec/34 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.0	5.5	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
NVD	2.0	2.1	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

References

packetstormsecurity.com /files/150893/ASUS-Driver-Privilege-Escalation.html
exploit, third-party-advisory, vdb-entry
secureauth.com /labs/advisories/asus-drivers-elevation-privilege-vulnerabilities
exploit, third-party-advisory
seclists.org /fulldisclosure/2018/Dec/34
mailing-list, exploit, third-party-advisory
securityfocus.com /bid/106250
vdb-entry, third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2018-18537
NVD CVE-2018-18537

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