NVIDIA 3D Driver for Windows Named Pipe Access Control Flaw Lets Remote Authenticated Users Gain Elevated Privileges
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SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1034173 |
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SecurityTracker URL: http://securitytracker.com/id/1034173
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CVE Reference:
CVE-2015-7865
(Links to External Site)
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Date: Nov 18 2015
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Impact:
User access via network
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Fix Available: Yes Vendor Confirmed: Yes
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Description:
A vulnerability was reported in the NVIDIA 3D Driver. A remote authenticated or local user can gain elevated privileges.
The 3D Driver's 'Vision service' (nvSCPAPISvr.exe) creates a named pipe without proper access controls. A local user or a remote authenticated user can create a specially crafted run key entry to execute arbitrary command line statements with the privileges of the target user.
In a Windows Domain environment, a remote authenticated user with access to a domain-joined system can exploit this flaw within the joined domain.
James Forshaw of Google Project Zero reported this vulnerability.
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Impact:
A remote authenticated or local user can gain elevated privileges on the target system.
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Solution:
The vendor has issued a fix (341.92, 354.35, 358.87; for Windows).
The vendor's advisory is available at:
http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/3807/kw/security
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Vendor URL: nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/3807/kw/security (Links to External Site)
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Cause:
Access control error
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Underlying OS: Windows (Any)
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Message History:
None.
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Source Message Contents
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