CVE-2015-1170

CVE-2015-1170 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in multiple NVIDIA Display Driver R304, R340, R343, and R346 branches. The flaw stems from improper validation of local client impersonation levels during a kernel administrator check, allowing a local attacker to gain administrator privileges through unspecified API calls. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.2 (High), indicating a local attack vector with low complexity and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.