Privilege escalation in nVidia products - CVE-2016-7382
Published: November 1, 2016
Vulnerability identifier: #VU1125
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-7382
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: nVidia
Affected software:
NVS
Quadro
NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver
NVS
Quadro
NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local user to obtain elevated privileges on the target system.
The weakness exists due to a memory mapping API in the kernel mode layer (nvlddmkm.sys) handler, leading to denial of service or potential escalation of privileges.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in privilege escalation.
The weakness exists due to a memory mapping API in the kernel mode layer (nvlddmkm.sys) handler, leading to denial of service or potential escalation of privileges.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in privilege escalation.
How to mitigate CVE-2016-7382
Update Quadro and NVS to 342.00, 375.63.
Update GeForce to 375.63.
Update GeForce to 375.63.