CVE-2015-5466 Privilege escalation in n/a
Local attackers can gain elevated privileges by sending a crafted IOCTL call to the XGI Windows 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-2015-5466?
CVE-2015-5466 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 15 Jan 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Silicon Integrated Systems XGI WindowsXP Display Manager (aka XGI VGA Driver Manager and VGA Display Manager) 6.14.10.1090 allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted 0x96002404 IOCTL call.
Weakness: CWE-269
Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-5466?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Sis Xgi Vga Display Manager.
How do I fix CVE-2015-5466?
No fix has been published for CVE-2015-5466 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2015-5466 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-5466 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-2pmm-79fr-p2h7.