Vulnerabilities > CVE-2015-8328 - Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer vulnerability in Nvidia GPU Driver

047910
CVSS 0.0 - NONE
Attack vector
UNKNOWN
Attack complexity
UNKNOWN
Privileges required
UNKNOWN
Confidentiality impact
UNKNOWN
Integrity impact
UNKNOWN
Availability impact
UNKNOWN

Summary

Unspecified vulnerability in the NVAPI support layer in the NVIDIA GPU graphics driver R340 before 341.92, R352 before 354.35, and R358 before 358.87 on Windows allows local users to obtain sensitive information, cause a denial of service (crash), or possibly gain privileges via unknown vectors. NOTE: this identifier was SPLIT from CVE-2015-7869 per ADT2 and ADT3 due to different vulnerability types and affected versions.

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

  • Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables
    This attack pattern involves causing a buffer overflow through manipulation of environment variables. Once the attacker finds that they can modify an environment variable, they may try to overflow associated buffers. This attack leverages implicit trust often placed in environment variables.
  • Overflow Buffers
    Buffer Overflow attacks target improper or missing bounds checking on buffer operations, typically triggered by input injected by an attacker. As a consequence, an attacker is able to write past the boundaries of allocated buffer regions in memory, causing a program crash or potentially redirection of execution as per the attackers' choice.
  • Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow
    This type of attack exploits a buffer overflow vulnerability in targeted client software through injection of malicious content from a custom-built hostile service.
  • Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow
    In this attack, the idea is to cause an active filter to fail by causing an oversized transaction. An attacker may try to feed overly long input strings to the program in an attempt to overwhelm the filter (by causing a buffer overflow) and hoping that the filter does not fail securely (i.e. the user input is let into the system unfiltered).
  • MIME Conversion
    An attacker exploits a weakness in the MIME conversion routine to cause a buffer overflow and gain control over the mail server machine. The MIME system is designed to allow various different information formats to be interpreted and sent via e-mail. Attack points exist when data are converted to MIME compatible format and back.

Nessus

NASL familyWindows
NASL idNVIDIA_WIN_CVE_2015_8328.NASL
descriptionThe version of the NVIDIA graphics driver installed on the remote Windows host is 340.x prior to 341.92, 352.x prior to 354.35, or 358.x prior to 358.87. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities : - A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the Stereoscopic 3D Driver Service due to improper restriction of access to the
last seen2020-06-01
modified2020-06-02
plugin id87412
published2015-12-16
reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2015-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/87412
titleNVIDIA Graphics Driver 340.x < 341.92 / 352.x < 354.35 / 358.x < 358.87 Multiple Vulnerabilities
code
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(87412);
  script_version("1.9");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/07/16 14:09:15");

  script_cve_id(
    "CVE-2015-7865",
    "CVE-2015-7866",
    "CVE-2015-7869",
    "CVE-2015-8328"
  );
  script_bugtraq_id(83873);
  script_xref(name:"EDB-ID", value:"38792");

  script_name(english:"NVIDIA Graphics Driver 340.x < 341.92 / 352.x < 354.35 / 358.x < 358.87 Multiple Vulnerabilities");
  script_summary(english:"Checks the driver version.");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Windows host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The version of the NVIDIA graphics driver installed on the remote
Windows host is 340.x prior to 341.92, 352.x prior to 354.35, or 358.x
prior to 358.87. It is, therefore, affected by multiple
vulnerabilities :

  - A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the 
    Stereoscopic 3D Driver Service due to improper
    restriction of access to the 'stereosvrpipe' named pipe.
    An adjacent attacker can exploit this to execute
    arbitrary command line arguments, resulting in an
    escalation of privileges. (CVE-2015-7865)

  - A privilege escalation vulnerability exists due to an
    unquoted Windows search path issue in the Smart Maximize
    Helper (nvSmartMaxApp.exe). A local attacker can exploit
    this to escalate privileges. (CVE-2015-7866)

  - Multiple privilege escalation vulnerabilities exist in
    the NVAPI support layer due to multiple unspecified
    integer overflow conditions in the underlying kernel
    mode driver. A local attacker can exploit these issues
    to gain access to uninitialized or out-of-bounds memory,
    resulting in an escalation of privileges.
    (CVE-2015-7869, CVE-2015-8328)");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/3806");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/3807");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/3808");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade to video driver version 341.92 / 354.35 / 358.87 or later.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:F/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_framework_core", value:"true");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date",value:"2015/11/13");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date",value:"2015/11/13");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2015/12/16");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type",value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe",value:"cpe:/a:nvidia:gpu_driver");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"potential_vulnerability", value:"true");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"Windows");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2015-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");

  script_dependencies("wmi_enum_display_drivers.nbin");
  script_require_keys("WMI/DisplayDrivers/NVIDIA", "Settings/ParanoidReport");
  exit(0);
}

include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("misc_func.inc");

kb_base = 'WMI/DisplayDrivers/';

# double check in case optimization is disabled
kbs = get_kb_list(kb_base + '*/Name');
if (isnull(kbs)) exit(0, 'No display drivers were found.');

nvidia_found = FALSE;
foreach name (kbs)
  if ("NVIDIA" >< name) nvidia_found = TRUE;

if (!nvidia_found) exit(0, 'No NVIDIA display drivers were found.');

report = '';

foreach kb (keys(kbs))
{
  name = kbs[kb];
  # only check NVIDIA drivers
  if ("NVIDIA" >!< name) continue;

  id = kb - kb_base - '/Name';

  version = get_kb_item_or_exit(kb_base + id + '/Version');
  driver_date = get_kb_item_or_exit(kb_base + id + '/DriverDate');

  disp_driver_date = driver_date;

  # convert to something we can pass to ver_compare (YYYY.MM.DD)
  driver_date = split(driver_date, sep:'/', keep:FALSE);
  driver_date = driver_date[2] + '.' + driver_date[0] + '.' + driver_date[1];

  fix = '';

  # 358 Branch
  if (version =~ "^358\." && ver_compare(ver:version, fix:"358.87", strict:FALSE) == -1)
    fix = '358.87';

  # 352 Branch
  if (version =~ "^35[2-4]\." && ver_compare(ver:version, fix:"354.35", strict:FALSE) == -1)
    fix = '354.35';

  # 340 Branch
  if (version =~ "^34[01]." && ver_compare(ver:version, fix:"341.92", strict:FALSE) == -1)
    fix = '341.92';

  if (fix != '')
  {
    report += '\n  Device name    : ' + name +
              '\n  Driver version : ' + version +
              '\n  Driver date    : ' + disp_driver_date + 
              '\n  Fixed version  : ' + fix + '\n';
  }
}
if (report_paranoia < 2) audit(AUDIT_PARANOID);
if (report != '')
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra: report);
  else security_hole(0);
}
else exit(0, "No vulnerable NVIDIA display adapters were found.");