Vulnerabilities > CVE-2016-7386 - Information Exposure vulnerability in Nvidia GPU Driver
Attack vector
LOCAL Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
PARTIAL Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
NONE Summary
For the NVIDIA Quadro, NVS, and GeForce products, NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver R340 before 342.00 and R375 before 375.63 contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer (nvlddmkm.sys) handler for DxgDdiEscape ID 0x70000D4 which may lead to leaking of kernel memory contents to user space through an uninitialized buffer.
Vulnerable Configurations
| Part | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Application | 9 | |
| OS | 1 |
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
- Subverting Environment Variable Values The attacker directly or indirectly modifies environment variables used by or controlling the target software. The attacker's goal is to cause the target software to deviate from its expected operation in a manner that benefits the attacker.
- Footprinting An attacker engages in probing and exploration activity to identify constituents and properties of the target. Footprinting is a general term to describe a variety of information gathering techniques, often used by attackers in preparation for some attack. It consists of using tools to learn as much as possible about the composition, configuration, and security mechanisms of the targeted application, system or network. Information that might be collected during a footprinting effort could include open ports, applications and their versions, network topology, and similar information. While footprinting is not intended to be damaging (although certain activities, such as network scans, can sometimes cause disruptions to vulnerable applications inadvertently) it may often pave the way for more damaging attacks.
- Exploiting Trust in Client (aka Make the Client Invisible) An attack of this type exploits a programs' vulnerabilities in client/server communication channel authentication and data integrity. It leverages the implicit trust a server places in the client, or more importantly, that which the server believes is the client. An attacker executes this type of attack by placing themselves in the communication channel between client and server such that communication directly to the server is possible where the server believes it is communicating only with a valid client. There are numerous variations of this type of attack.
- Browser Fingerprinting An attacker carefully crafts small snippets of Java Script to efficiently detect the type of browser the potential victim is using. Many web-based attacks need prior knowledge of the web browser including the version of browser to ensure successful exploitation of a vulnerability. Having this knowledge allows an attacker to target the victim with attacks that specifically exploit known or zero day weaknesses in the type and version of the browser used by the victim. Automating this process via Java Script as a part of the same delivery system used to exploit the browser is considered more efficient as the attacker can supply a browser fingerprinting method and integrate it with exploit code, all contained in Java Script and in response to the same web page request by the browser.
- Session Credential Falsification through Prediction This attack targets predictable session ID in order to gain privileges. The attacker can predict the session ID used during a transaction to perform spoofing and session hijacking.
Exploit-Db
| description | NVIDIA Driver - Escape Code Leaks Uninitialised ExAllocatePoolWithTag Memory to Userspace. CVE-2016-7386. Dos exploit for Windows platform |
| file | exploits/windows/dos/40656.txt |
| id | EDB-ID:40656 |
| last seen | 2016-11-01 |
| modified | 2016-10-31 |
| platform | windows |
| port | |
| published | 2016-10-31 |
| reporter | Google Security Research |
| source | https://www.exploit-db.com/download/40656/ |
| title | NVIDIA Driver - Escape Code Leaks Uninitialised ExAllocatePoolWithTag Memory to Userspace |
| type | dos |
Nessus
| NASL family | Windows |
| NASL id | NVIDIA_WIN_CVE_2016_7389.NASL |
| description | The version of the NVIDIA GPU display driver installed on the remote Windows host is 340.x, 341.x, or 342.x prior to 342.00, or 375.x prior to 375.63. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities : - An array-indexing error exists in nvlddmkm.sys due to improper validation of input. A local attacker can exploit this to cause a denial of service condition or the execution of arbitrary code with elevated privileges. (CVE-2016-7381) - A flaw exists in nvlddmkm.sys due to missing permission checks. A local attacker can exploit this to disclose arbitrary memory contents and gain elevated privileges. (CVE-2016-7382) - A flaw exists in nvlddmkm.sys when handling memory mapping that allows a local attacker to cause a denial of service condition or the execution of arbitrary code with elevated privileges. (CVE-2016-7383) - A flaw exists in nvlddmkm.sys when handling UVMLiteController device IO control input and output lengths. A local attacker can exploit this to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges. (CVE-2016-7384) - An untrusted pointer dereference flaw exists in nvlddmkm.sys when handling DxgDdiEscape ID 0x700010d. A local attacker can exploit this to cause a denial of service condition or the execution of arbitrary code with elevated privileges. (CVE-2016-7385) - A flaw exists in nvlddmkm.sys when handling DxgDdiEscape ID 0x70000d4 that allows a local attacker to disclose uninitialized memory contents. (CVE-2016-7386) - A flaw exists in nvlddmkm.sys when handling DxgDdiEscape ID 0x600000d that allows a local attacker to cause a denial of service condition or the execution of arbitrary code with elevated privileges. (CVE-2016-7387) - A NULL pointer dereference flaw exists in nvlddmkm.sys that allows a local attacker to cause a denial of service condition or the execution of arbitrary code with elevated privileges in certain unsafe configurations. (CVE-2016-7388) - An array-indexing error exists in nvlddmkm.sys when handling DxgDdiEscape ID 0x7000194 that allows a local attacker to cause a denial of service condition or the execution of arbitrary code with elevated privileges. (CVE-2016-7390) - A flaw exists in nvlddmkm.sys when handling DxgDdiEscape ID 0x100010b that allows a local attacker to cause a denial of service condition or the execution of arbitrary code with elevated privileges. (CVE-2016-7391) - A flaw exists in nvlddmkm.sys when handling DxgDdiEscape ID 0x7000014 that allows a local attacker to cause a denial of service condition or the execution of arbitrary code with elevated privileges. (CVE-2016-8805) - An untrusted pointer dereference flaw exists in nvlddmkm.sys when handling DxgDdiEscape ID 0x5000027 that allows a local attacker to cause a denial of service condition or the execution of arbitrary code with elevated privileges. (CVE-2016-8806) - A stack-based buffer overflow condition exists in nvlddmkm.sys when handling DxgDdiEscape ID 0x10000e9 that allows a local attacker to cause a denial of service condition or the execution of arbitrary code with elevated privileges. (CVE-2016-8807) - A buffer overflow condition exists in nvlddmkm.sys when handling DxgDdiEscape ID 0x70000d that allows a local attacker to cause a denial of service condition or the execution of arbitrary code with elevated privileges. (CVE-2016-8808) - A buffer overflow condition exists in nvlddmkm.sys when handling DxgDdiEscape ID 0x70001b2 that allows a local attacker to cause a denial of service condition or the execution of arbitrary code with elevated privileges. (CVE-2016-8809) - A buffer overflow condition exists in nvlddmkm.sys when handling DxgDdiEscape ID 0x100009a that allows a local attacker to cause a denial of service condition or the execution of arbitrary code with elevated privileges. (CVE-2016-8810) - A flaw exists in nvlddmkm.sys driver when handling DxgDdiEscape ID 0x7000170 that allows a local attacker to cause a denial of service condition or the execution of arbitrary code with elevated privileges. (CVE-2016-8811) - A stack-based overflow condition exists in nvstreamkms.sys when handling executable paths. A local attacker can exploit this to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges. Note that this vulnerability only affects systems that also have GeForce Experience software installed. (CVE-2016-8812) |
| last seen | 2020-06-01 |
| modified | 2020-06-02 |
| plugin id | 94576 |
| published | 2016-11-04 |
| reporter | This script is Copyright (C) 2016-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc. |
| source | https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/94576 |
| title | NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver 340.x / 341.x / 342.x < 342.00 / 375.x < 375.63 Multiple Vulnerabilities |
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