NVIDIA Video Driver up to 1.0.9638 access control

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A vulnerability has been found in NVIDIA Video Driver up to 1.0.9638 (Hardware Driver Software) and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-264. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

NVIDIA drivers (nvidia-drivers) before 1.0.7185, 1.0.9639, and 100.14.11, as used in Gentoo Linux and possibly other distributions, creates /dev/nvidia* device files with insecure permissions, which allows local users to modify video card settings, cause a denial of service (crash or physical video card damage), and obtain sensitive information.

The bug was discovered 06/28/2007. The weakness was presented 06/28/2007 (Website). The advisory is available at bugs.gentoo.org. This vulnerability was named CVE-2007-3532 since 07/03/2007. The exploitation appears to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 25920 (GLSA-200708-14 : NVIDIA drivers: Denial of Service), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Gentoo Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

Upgrading to version 1.0.9639 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 2 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (35777) and Tenable (25920).

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
ATT&CK: T1068

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Nessus ID: 25920
Nessus Name: GLSA-200708-14 : NVIDIA drivers: Denial of Service
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OpenVAS ID: 58549
OpenVAS Name: Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200708-14 (nvidia-drivers)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Video Driver 1.0.9639

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Vendor: nvidia.com

Advisory: bugs.gentoo.org
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CVE: CVE-2007-3532 (🔍)
X-Force: 35777
Vulnerability Center: 15938 - Nvidia Video Driver on Gentoo Linux Allows Local Users to Modify Driver Settings and Cause DoS, Low
SecurityFocus: 25363 - RETIRED: Gentoo Linux NVIDIA Drivers Local Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 26497
OSVDB: 40177 - Gentoo Linux NVIDIA Drivers (nvidia-drivers) /dev/nvidia* Device Permission Weakness

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Created: 03/15/2015 15:58
Updated: 07/24/2019 11:59
Changes: 03/15/2015 15:58 (80), 07/24/2019 11:59 (2)
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