NVIDIA GPU Driver R346 up to 347.50 Privileges access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in NVIDIA GPU Driver R346 up to 347.50 and classified as problematic. This affects an unknown function of the component Privileges. The manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2015-1170. No exploit exists. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in NVIDIA GPU Driver R346 up to 347.50 (Hardware Driver Software). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown part of the component Privileges. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-264. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The 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.

The weakness was disclosed 03/06/2015 by James Forshaw with Google (Website). The advisory is shared at nvidia.custhelp.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2015-1170 since 01/17/2015. The exploitation is known to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 82528 (NVIDIA Graphics Driver Local Privilege Escalation), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 370301 (NVIDIA Display Driver Windows Privilege Impersonation Vulnerability).

Upgrading to version 347.51 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (101911), Tenable (82528), SecurityFocus (BID 73442†), SecurityTracker (ID 1032013†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-49356†). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
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Status: Unproven

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Nessus ID: 82528
Nessus Name: NVIDIA Graphics Driver Local Privilege Escalation
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: GPU Driver R346 347.51

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: nvidia.com

Advisory: nvidia.custhelp.com
Researcher: James Forshaw
Organization: Google
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2015-1170 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-1170
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-74357
X-Force: 101911 - NVIDIA Display Driver privilege escalation
SecurityFocus: 73442 - NVIDIA Display Driver CVE-2015-1170 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1032013 - NVIDIA Driver Privilege Impersonation Validation Flaw Lets Local Users Gain Elevated Privileges
Vulnerability Center: 49356 - NVIDIA Display Driver Local Privileges Escalation due to Improper Validation of Client Impersonation Levels, Medium

Entryinfo

Created: 03/30/2015 12:29
Updated: 11/30/2024 23:04
Changes: 03/30/2015 12:29 (72), 06/24/2017 09:47 (4), 05/01/2022 08:30 (3), 11/30/2024 23:04 (16)
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Cache ID: 216:7F8:103

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