CVE-2006-1484 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in the Genius VideoCAM NB Driver, affecting kye genius_videocam_nb products. The driver fails to drop privileges when saving files, allowing a local attacker to gain elevated privileges by manipulating the "save as" dialog to open arbitrary files. With a CVSS score of 7.2 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C), this flaw presents a high severity risk due to its potential for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability, requiring low attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage, indicating it is not a widely targeted or discussed vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:h:kye:genius_videocam_nb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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