CVE-2016-2556 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in the NVIDIA GPU graphics driver (R340 before 341.95 and R352 before 354.74) on Windows. This flaw allows local users to gain elevated privileges by improperly accessing restricted functionality within the Kernel Mode Driver's Escape interface. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), this vulnerability is easily exploitable locally with low attack complexity, potentially leading to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 431.61CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:gpu_driver_r340:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 353.82CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:gpu_driver_r352:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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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