--- title: "CVE-2015-1170\n | Ubuntu" description: Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that runs from the desktop, to the cloud, to all your internet connected things. url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-1170?format=md keywords: index, follow --- # CVE-2015-1170 Publication date 6 March 2015 Last updated 24 July 2024 --- Ubuntu priority **High** [Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority ) Toggle side navigation ## Description The NVIDIA Display Driver R304 before 309.08, R340 before 341.44, R343 before 345.20, and R346 before 347.52 does not properly validate local client impersonation levels when performing a "kernel administrator check," which allows local users to gain administrator privileges via unspecified API calls. [Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-1170?format=md#notes) ## Status Show unmaintained releases | Package | Ubuntu Release | Status | | --- | --- | --- | | nvidia-graphics-drivers | 14.10 utopic | Not in release | | 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | | 12.04 LTS precise | Not affected | | 10.04 LTS lucid | Ignored end of life | | nvidia-graphics-drivers-173 | 14.10 utopic | Not in release | | 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | | 12.04 LTS precise | Not affected | | 10.04 LTS lucid | Ignored end of life | | nvidia-graphics-drivers-173-updates | 14.10 utopic | Not in release | | 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | | 12.04 LTS precise | Not affected | | 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release | | nvidia-graphics-drivers-180 | 14.10 utopic | Not in release | | 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | | 12.04 LTS precise | Not in release | | 10.04 LTS lucid | Ignored end of life | | nvidia-graphics-drivers-304 | 14.10 utopic | Not affected | | 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | | 12.04 LTS precise | Not affected | | 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release | | nvidia-graphics-drivers-304-updates | 14.10 utopic | Not affected | | 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | | 12.04 LTS precise | Not affected | | 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release | | nvidia-graphics-drivers-310-updates | 14.10 utopic | Ignored end of life | | 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | | 12.04 LTS precise | Not in release | | 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release | | nvidia-graphics-drivers-319 | 14.10 utopic | Ignored end of life | | 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | | 12.04 LTS precise | Ignored end of life | | 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release | | nvidia-graphics-drivers-319-updates | 14.10 utopic | Ignored end of life | | 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | | 12.04 LTS precise | Ignored end of life | | 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release | | nvidia-graphics-drivers-331 | 14.10 utopic | Not affected | | 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | | 12.04 LTS precise | Not affected | | 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release | | nvidia-graphics-drivers-331-updates | 14.10 utopic | Not affected | | 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | | 12.04 LTS precise | Not affected | | 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release | | nvidia-graphics-drivers-96 | 14.10 utopic | Not in release | | 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | | 12.04 LTS precise | Not affected | | 10.04 LTS lucid | Ignored end of life | | nvidia-graphics-drivers-96-updates | 14.10 utopic | Not in release | | 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | | 12.04 LTS precise | Not affected | | 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release | | nvidia-graphics-drivers-experimental-304 | 14.10 utopic | Not in release | | 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | | 12.04 LTS precise | Ignored end of life | | 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release | | nvidia-graphics-drivers-experimental-310 | 14.10 utopic | Not in release | | 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | | 12.04 LTS precise | Ignored end of life | | 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release | | nvidia-graphics-drivers-tegra | 14.10 utopic | Not in release | | 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | | 12.04 LTS precise | Not affected | | 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release | | nvidia-graphics-drivers-updates | 14.10 utopic | Not in release | | 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | | 12.04 LTS precise | Not affected | | 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release | --- * [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security) * [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses) ## Notes --- ### [seth-arnold](https://launchpad.net/~seth-arnold) appears to be windows-specific ## References * [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-1170) * [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-1170) * [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2015-1170) * [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-1170) ### Other references * *