Description
The NVIDIA driver before 307.78, and Release 310 before 311.00, in the NVIDIA Display Driver service on Windows does not properly handle exceptions, which allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (memory overwrite) via a crafted application.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Metasploit 1 module
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Nvidia (nvsvc) Display Driver Service Local Privilege Escalation
exploit/windows/local/nvidia_nvsvc
Exploit-DB 1
- Nvidia (nvsvc) Display Driver Service - Local Privilege Escalation (Metasploit) EDB-30393 · local · Dec 17, 2013 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- VU#957036 third-party-advisory
- http://www.nvidia.com/object/product-security.html