CVE-2015-1170 Privilege escalation in n/a
Local attackers can gain administrator privileges by exploiting improper validation of impersonation levels in the NVIDIA Display Driver.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2015-1170?
CVE-2015-1170 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 6 Mar 2015. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-264
Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-1170?
It affects 4 products.
Products include Nvidia Gpu Driver R304, Nvidia Gpu Driver R340, Nvidia Gpu Driver R343, Nvidia Gpu Driver R346.
How do I fix CVE-2015-1170?
No fix has been published for CVE-2015-1170 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2015-1170 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-1170 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-9q56-2pj7-p3j9.