CVE-2021-41285

Published Oct 4, 2021 CVSS 3.1 · 7.8 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
Ballistix MOD Utility through 2.0.2.5 is vulnerable to privilege escalation in the MODAPI.sys driver component. The vulnerability is triggered by sending a specific IOCTL request that allows low-privileged users to directly interact with physical memory via the MmMapIoSpace function call (mapping physical memory into a virtual address space). Attackers could exploit this issue to achieve local privilege escalation to NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM.

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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2021-28315 Ballistix MOD Utility through 2.0.2.5 is vulnerable to privilege escalation in the MODAPI.sys driver component. The vulnerability is triggered by sending a specific IOCTL request that allows low-privileged users to directly interact with physical memory via the MmMapIoSpace function call (mapping physical memory into a virtual address space). Attackers could exploit this issue to achieve local privilege escalation to NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 4, 2024, 3:08 AM
Reserved
Sep 15, 2021, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Oct 4, 2021, 6:15 AM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 4:08 AM