CVE-2015-1170

NVIDIA Display Driver <309.08-347.52 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

The NVIDIA Display Driver R304 before 309.08, R340 before 341.44, R343 before 345.20, and R346 before 347.52 does not properly validate local client impersonation levels when performing a "kernel administrator check," which allows local users to gain administrator privileges via unspecified API calls.

References (6)

Core 6
Core References
Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_hp
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=143013598825091&w=2
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032013
Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_hp
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=142781493222653&w=2
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/3634

Scores

EPSS 0.0005
EPSS Percentile 15.0%

Details

CWE
CWE-264
Status published
Products (4)
nvidia/gpu_driver_r304 < 309.07
nvidia/gpu_driver_r340 < 341.43
nvidia/gpu_driver_r343 < 345.19
nvidia/gpu_driver_r346 < 347.51
Published Mar 06, 2015
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026