CVE-2015-7865 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in the NVIDIA Stereoscopic 3D Driver Service (nvSCPAPISvr.exe) on Windows, affecting specific versions of NVIDIA GPU graphics drivers. The flaw stems from improper access restrictions on the stereosvrpipe named pipe, allowing authenticated local users to gain elevated privileges by manipulating a command-line entry in the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE explorer Run registry key. With a CVSS score of 7.7, this vulnerability is rated as high severity, indicating a low attack complexity and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability once exploited. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, public exploit code exists (EDB-38792), though there is no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 340, < 341.92CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:gpu_driver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 352, < 354.35CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:gpu_driver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 358, < 358.87CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:gpu_driver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
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