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CVE-2015-2291: Intel Ethernet Diagnostics Driver for Windows Denial-of-Service Vulnerability

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: yes — in CISA KEV since 2023-02-10
• EPSS: 15.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2017-08-09 · updated 2026-10-01
• Weakness: CWE-20

Description

(1) IQVW32.sys before 1.3.1.0 and (2) IQVW64.sys before 1.3.1.0 in the Intel Ethernet diagnostics driver for Windows allows local users to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges via a crafted (a) 0x80862013, (b) 0x8086200B, (c) 0x8086200F, or (d) 0x80862007 IOCTL call.

Affected products

• Intel Ethernet Diagnostics Driver Iqvw32.Sys: 1.03.0.7
• Intel Ethernet Diagnostics Driver Iqvw64.Sys: 1.03.0.7

References

• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130854/Intel-Network-Adapter-Diagnostic-Driver-IOCTL-DoS.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79623
• https://security-center.intel.com/advisory.aspx?intelid=INTEL-SA-00051&languageid=en-fr
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36392/
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130854/Intel-Network-Adapter-Diagnostic-Driver-IOCTL-DoS.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79623
• https://security-center.intel.com/advisory.aspx?intelid=INTEL-SA-00051&languageid=en-fr
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36392/
• https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2015-2291

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