NVIDIA Graphics Driver GPU Access CVE-2013-5986 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	65208
Class:	Unknown
CVE:	CVE-2013-5986
Remote:	No
Local:	Yes
Published:	Jan 29 2014 12:00AM
Updated:	Feb 26 2014 12:31AM
Credit:	Marcin Koscielnicki of the X.Org Foundation Nouveau project
Vulnerable:	Gentoo Linux
Not Vulnerable:

NVIDIA Graphics Driver GPU Access CVE-2013-5986 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

NVIDIA Graphics Drivers are prone to a local privilege-escalation vulnerability.

A local attacker may exploit this issue to gain escalated privileges and execute arbitrary code with escalated privileges.

NOTE: Very limited information is currently available regarding this issue. We will update this BID as more information emerges.

NVIDIA Graphics Driver GPU Access CVE-2013-5986 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Currently, we are not aware of any working exploits. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

NVIDIA Graphics Driver GPU Access CVE-2013-5986 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references or vendor advisory for more information.

NVIDIA Graphics Driver GPU Access CVE-2013-5986 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

References:

• Mac OS X Homepage (Apple)
  
• Vendor Home Page (NVidia)