CVE-2015-1170 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00048.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Nvidia	Gpu Driver R304 Gpu Driver R340 Gpu Driver R343 Gpu Driver R346

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:gpu_driver_r304::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:gpu_driver_r340::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:gpu_driver_r343::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:gpu_driver_r346::::::::

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2015-1312	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.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=142781493222653&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=143013598825091&w=2
http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/3634
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032013
https://support.lenovo.com/product_security/nvidia_windows_privilege
https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/nvidia_windows_privilege

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2015-03-06T23:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T04:33:20.745Z

Reserved: 2015-01-17T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2015-1170

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2015-03-06T23:59:02.263

Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Link: CVE-2015-1170

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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