CVE-2016-4960

HIGH

NVIDIA GeForce Experience - Privilege Escalation via NVStreamKMS.sys API

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

For the NVIDIA Quadro, NVS, and GeForce products, the NVIDIA NVStreamKMS.sys service component is improperly validating user-supplied data through its API entry points causing an elevation of privilege.

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4213
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93251

Scores

CVSS v3 7.3
EPSS 0.0005
EPSS Percentile 14.9%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-20
Status published
Products (2)
n/a/Quadro, NVS, GeForce (all versions) Quadro, NVS, GeForce (all versions)
nvidia/geforce_experience
Published Nov 08, 2016
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026