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CVE-2015-1170

Status: ModifiedHigh (7.2)—

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.

CVSS

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (4)

Nvidia — GPU Driver R304Nvidia — GPU Driver R340Nvidia — GPU Driver R343Nvidia — GPU Driver R346

CWEs

References

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