CVE-2015-1170

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Summary

CVECVE-2015-1170
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-03-06 23:59:02 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.2 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-264 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Nvidia Gpu Driver R304 All All All All
Application Nvidia Gpu Driver R340 All All All All
Application Nvidia Gpu Driver R343 All All All All
Application Nvidia Gpu Driver R346 All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
'[security bulletin] HPSBHF03271 rev.1 - HP PCs and Workstations Running Windows 7 with NVidia Graphi' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
'[security bulletin] HPSBHF03272 rev.1 - HP Servers with NVidia GPU Computing Driver running Windows ' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
NVIDIA Windows Privilege Delegation Escalation - Lenovo Support US af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.lenovo.com
NVIDIA Windows Privilege Delegation Escalation - Lenovo Support (US) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.lenovo.com
CVE-2015-1170: Windows Privilege Impersonation Check af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 nvidia.custhelp.com Vendor Advisory
NVIDIA Driver Privilege Impersonation Validation Flaw Lets Local Users Gain Elevated Privileges - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
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