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Tracker / CVE-2016-8824

CVE-2016-8824

High 7.8

All versions of NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver contain a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer (nvlddmkm.sys) handler for DxgDdiEscape where improper access controls allow a regular user to write a part of the registry intended for privileged users only, leading to escalation of privileges.

Affected products and versions

nvidia gpu_driver

Analysis

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