Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Mar 6, 2015· Updated May 6, 2026

CVE-2015-1170

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
cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:gpu_driver_r304:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <=309.07
Nvidia/Gpu Driver R340
cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:gpu_driver_r340:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <=341.43
Nvidia/Gpu Driver R343
cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:gpu_driver_r343:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <=345.19
Nvidia/Gpu Driver R346
cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:gpu_driver_r346:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <=347.51

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

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References

nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/3634nvdVendor Advisory
marc.infonvd
marc.infonvd
www.securitytracker.com/id/1032013nvd
support.lenovo.com/product_security/nvidia_windows_privilegenvd
support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/nvidia_windows_privilegenvd

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