CVE-2015-1170

High

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.

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.2
Exploit probability—
ProductNvidia Gpu Driver
PublishedMar 6, 2015
First seenMar 6, 2015

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
nvidia gpu_driver_r304v ≤ 309.07—
nvidia gpu_driver_r340v ≤ 341.43—
nvidia gpu_driver_r343v ≤ 345.19—
nvidia gpu_driver_r346v ≤ 347.51—

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