CVE-2015-1170

HighCVSS 7.2/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 7.2/10AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Weakness enumeration

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Mar 6, 2015
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2015-1170: High severity, CVSS 7.2 | Vulnix