7.8
HIGH
CVE-2017-15303
Intel CPU-Z CPU Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Description

In CPUID CPU-Z before 1.43, there is an arbitrary memory write that results directly in elevation of privileges, because any program running on the local machine (while CPU-Z is running) can issue an ioctl 0x9C402430 call to the kernel-mode driver (e.g., cpuz141_x64.sys for version 1.41).

INFO

Published Date :

Oct. 16, 2017, 1:29 a.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 3:14 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

1.8
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2017-15303 has a 5 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2017-15303 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Cpuid cpu-z
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2017-15303.

URL Resource
https://github.com/akayn/Bugs/blob/master/CPUID/CVE-2017-15303/README.md Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/akayn/Bugs/blob/master/CPUID/CVE-2017-15303/README.md Third Party Advisory

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

None

Updated: 1 year, 10 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Jan. 11, 2023, 1:21 p.m. This repo has been linked 1044 different CVEs too.

None

Updated: 3 months, 2 weeks ago
13 stars 4 fork 4 watcher
Born at : May 25, 2020, 7:51 a.m. This repo has been linked 1029 different CVEs too.

CPU-Z Exploit Proof of Concept

C C++

Updated: 2 months ago
24 stars 3 fork 3 watcher
Born at : Feb. 12, 2019, 1:48 p.m. This repo has been linked 2 different CVEs too.

Multi-purpose proof-of-concept tool based on CPU-Z CVE-2017-15303

cve-2017-15303 dse loader c

C C++ Objective-C

Updated: 1 month, 1 week ago
107 stars 56 fork 56 watcher
Born at : Feb. 22, 2018, 5:31 a.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

✍️ A curated list of CVE PoCs.

awesome cve poc

Updated: 2 days ago
3329 stars 680 fork 680 watcher
Born at : Feb. 2, 2017, 6:43 a.m. This repo has been linked 1044 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2017-15303 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2017-15303 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/akayn/Bugs/blob/master/CPUID/CVE-2017-15303/README.md No Types Assigned https://github.com/akayn/Bugs/blob/master/CPUID/CVE-2017-15303/README.md Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-787
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:cpuid:cpu-z:1.42:*:*:*:*:windows:*:* (and previous)
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2017-15303 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2017-15303 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.04 }} 0.00%

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0.10264

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