CVE-2015-1170

Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2015-03-06 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

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.

Affected products

NVIDIA Gpu Driver R304: through 309.07
NVIDIA Gpu Driver R340: through 341.43
NVIDIA Gpu Driver R343: through 345.19
NVIDIA Gpu Driver R346: through 347.51

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=142781493222653&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=143013598825091&w=2
http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/3634
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032013
https://support.lenovo.com/product_security/nvidia_windows_privilege
https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/nvidia_windows_privilege
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=142781493222653&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=143013598825091&w=2
http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/3634
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032013
https://support.lenovo.com/product_security/nvidia_windows_privilege
https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/nvidia_windows_privilege

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