CVE-2015-5950
NVIDIA Display Driver Kernel Write Privilege Escalation
Description
The NVIDIA display driver R352 before 353.82 and R340 before 341.81 on Windows; R304 before 304.128, R340 before 340.93, and R352 before 352.41 on Linux; and R352 before 352.46 on GRID vGPU and vSGA allows local users to write to an arbitrary kernel memory location and consequently gain privileges via a crafted ioctl call.
INFO
Published Date :
Sept. 30, 2015, 1:59 a.m.
Last Modified :
Dec. 8, 2016, 3:11 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
10.0
Exploitability Score :
3.4
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Dec. 08, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/len_3313 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033662 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2747-1 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Dec. 01, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://h20566.www2.hp.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c04815468 [No Types Assigned] -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Sep. 30, 2015
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:gpu_driver:352.30:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) Configuration 2 OR *cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:display_driver:304.125:*:*:*:*:linux:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:display_driver:304.123:*:*:*:*:linux:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:display_driver:304.121:*:*:*:*:linux:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:display_driver:304.119:*:*:*:*:linux:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:display_driver:304.108:*:*:*:*:linux:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:display_driver:352.30:*:*:*:*:linux:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:display_driver:352.21:*:*:*:*:linux:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:display_driver:352.09:*:*:*:*:linux:*:* (and previous) Configuration 3 AND OR *cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:display_driver:352.86:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) *cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:display_driver:353.06:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:display_driver:341.44:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:display_driver:340.52:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:display_driver:340.43:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Added CVSS V2 (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) Changed Reference Type http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/3763/~/cve-2015-5950-memory-corruption-due-to-an-unsanitized-pointer-in-the-nvidia No Types Assigned http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/3763/~/cve-2015-5950-memory-corruption-due-to-an-unsanitized-pointer-in-the-nvidia Advisory Added CWE CWE-119 -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Sep. 30, 2015
Action Type Old Value New Value
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2015-5950 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
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stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2015-5950
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
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0.04 }} 0.00%
score
0.05635
percentile