NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver Kernel Mode Layer nvlddmkm.sys Variable privilege escalation

A vulnerability was found in NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver (Hardware Driver Software) (unknown version). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects some processing in the library nvlddmkm.sys of the component Kernel Mode Layer. The manipulation as part of a Variable leads to a privilege escalation vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-269. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was published 05/10/2019. The advisory is shared at nvidia.custhelp.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2019-5675 since 01/07/2019. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 05/11/2019).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

Similar entries are available at 134586 and 134587.

Vendor

• NVIDIA

Name

• Windows GPU Display Driver

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.5

VulDB Base Score: ≈5.5
VulDB Temp Score: ≈5.5
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Class: Privilege escalation (CWE-269)
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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0-Day Time: ?01/07/2019 CVE assigned
05/10/2019 +123 days Advisory disclosed
05/11/2019 +1 days VulDB entry created
05/11/2019 +0 days VulDB last updateAdvisory: nvidia.custhelp.com

CVE: CVE-2019-5675 (?)
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Created: 05/11/2019 03:07 AM
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