Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver

Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver

CVE-2016-8824 · HIGH Severity

AV:L/AC:L/AU:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

All versions of NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver contain a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer (nvlddmkm.sys) handler for DxgDdiEscape where improper access controls allow a regular user to write a part of the registry intended for privileged users only, leading to escalation of privileges.

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