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.
Source: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-1170
Reference (s):
- http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/3634
- https://support.lenovo.com/product_security/nvidia_windows_privilege
- https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/nvidia_windows_privilege
- HP:HPSBHF03271
- URL: http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=142781493222653&w=2