NVIDIA Display Driver CVE-2015-1170 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

BID:73442

Info

NVIDIA Display Driver CVE-2015-1170 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 73442
Class: Design Error
CVE: CVE-2015-1170
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Mar 06 2015 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 15 2015 12:13AM
Credit: James Forshaw from Project Zero, Google
Vulnerable:
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

NVIDIA Display Driver CVE-2015-1170 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

NVIDIA Display Driver is prone to a local privilege-escalation vulnerability.

A local attacker may exploit this issue to gain root privileges.

Exploit / POC

NVIDIA Display Driver CVE-2015-1170 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].

Solution / Fix

NVIDIA Display Driver CVE-2015-1170 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

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

References

NVIDIA Display Driver CVE-2015-1170 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

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