NVIDIA Graphics Drivers 307.00 Display Driver Service memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in NVIDIA Graphics Drivers 307.00. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Display Driver Service. Such manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2013-0109. In addition, an exploit is available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in NVIDIA Graphics Drivers 307.00 (Hardware Driver Software) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Display Driver Service. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The NVIDIA driver before 307.78, and Release 310 before 311.00, in the NVIDIA Display Driver service on Windows does not properly handle exceptions, which allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (memory overwrite) via a crafted application.

The weakness was presented 02/15/2013 as 3288 as confirmed knowledge base article (Website). The advisory is available at nvidia.custhelp.com. The public release was coordinated in cooperation with the vendor. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2013-0109 since 12/06/2012. The exploitation is known to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

A public exploit has been developed by Metasploit in Ruby and been published 11 months after the advisory. The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as highly functional. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 83521 (NVIDIA Display Driver 174.x < 307.78 / 310.x < 311.00 Multiple Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at nvidia.com.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (82766), Exploit-DB (30393), Tenable (83521), SecurityFocus (BID 58459†) and OSVDB (90948†). See VDB-7896 and VDB-7899 for similar entries. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
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Access: Public
Status: Highly functional
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Nessus ID: 83521
Nessus Name: NVIDIA Display Driver 174.x < 307.78 / 310.x < 311.00 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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MetaSploit ID: nvidia_nvsvc.rb
MetaSploit Name: Nvidia (nvsvc) Display Driver Service Local Privilege Escalation
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: nvidia.com

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02/15/2013 +71 days 🔍
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03/08/2013 +21 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: nvidia.com

Advisory: 3288
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2013-0109 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2013-0109
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-7898

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X-Force: 82766
SecurityFocus: 58459 - NVIDIA Graphics Driver for Windows CVE-2013-0109 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Secunia: 52546 - NVIDIA Graphics Drivers for Windows Unspecified Privilege Escalation Vulnerability, Less Critical
OSVDB: 90948
SecurityTracker: 1028394 - NVIDIA Windows Driver Bugs Lets Local Users Gain Elevated Privileges
Vulnerability Center: 39043 - NVIDIA Graphics Driver < 307.78 and 310.x Display Driver Service Privileges Escalation Vulnerability, Medium

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/08/2013 12:20
Updated: 04/22/2025 23:50
Changes: 03/08/2013 12:20 (81), 04/26/2017 23:48 (15), 05/05/2021 19:34 (3), 08/12/2024 15:14 (15), 04/22/2025 23:50 (2)
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