CVE-2017-15303 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2017-15303

In CPUID CPU-Z before 1.43, there is an arbitrary memory...

Vulnerability Description

In CPUID CPU-Z before 1.43, there is an arbitrary memory write that results directly in elevation of privileges, because any program running on the local machine (while CPU-Z is running) can issue an ioctl 0x9C402430 call to the kernel-mode driver (e.g., cpuz141_x64.sys for version 1.41).

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

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CVE-2017-15302
In CPUID CPU-Z through 1.81, there are improper access rights...
High 7.8

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

cpu-z
Vulnerable Versions:
0

Timeline

Official Publish: October 16th, 2017
Last Modified: August 5th, 2024
Added to House: July 20th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.