CVE-2015-5466 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability affecting the Silicon Integrated Systems XGI WindowsXP Display Manager (versions 6.14.10.1090 and possibly others). An attacker can exploit this flaw by making a specially crafted IOCTL call (0x96002404), leading to full compromise of the system with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not actively exploited in the wild (not in KEV), a Proof-of-Concept exploit is publicly available on ExploitDB, indicating its exploitability. Despite its high CVSS score of 7.8 and FAUCET Risk Score of 89/100, there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
6.14.10.1090CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sis:xgi_vga_display_manager:6.14.10.1090:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.