cve/2015/CVE-2015-1170.md

### [CVE-2015-1170](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-1170)
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### 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.

### POC

#### Reference
- http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/3634

#### Github
No PoCs found on GitHub currently.