CVE-2012-0946

Nvidia Linux Driver - Local Privilege Escalation

Severity Score

4.6

*CVSS v2

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

The NVIDIA UNIX driver before 295.40 allows local users to access arbitrary memory locations by leveraging GPU device-node read/write privileges.

El controlador de NVIDIA UNIX antes de v295.40, permite a usuarios locales acceder a posiciones de memoria de su elección mediante el aprovechamiento de privilegios de lectura/escritura del nodo-dispositivo GPU.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

NISTv2 4.6

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2012-02-01 CVE Reserved
2012-04-11 CVE Published
2012-08-02 First Exploit
2023-03-08 EPSS Updated
2024-08-06 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-264: Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

CAPEC

References (6)

URL	Tag	Source
http://secunia.com/advisories/48650	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/48793	Third Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74822	Vdb Entry

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/20201	2012-08-02

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/3109	2017-12-29
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1420-1	2017-12-29

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Nvidia Search vendor "Nvidia"		Unix Driver Search vendor "Nvidia" for product "Unix Driver"				<= 295.40 Search vendor "Nvidia" for product "Unix Driver" and version " <= 295.40"		-		Affected