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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)

Published Oct 16, 2017

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).

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Remediation

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Weaknesses (1)

CWE-787

Out-of-bounds Write

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Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Oct 16, 2017
Updated Aug 5, 2024
Reserved Oct 14, 2017
Link CVE-2017-15303
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Jun 17, 2026
Link CVE-2017-15303
Red Hat
Severity n/a
Public date n/a
Links CVE-2017-15303