CVE-2015-2291 vulnerability in Intel Products
Published on August 9, 2017
(1) IQVW32.sys before 1.3.1.0 and (2) IQVW64.sys before 1.3.1.0 in the Intel Ethernet diagnostics driver for Windows allows local users to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges via a crafted (a) 0x80862013, (b) 0x8086200B, (c) 0x8086200F, or (d) 0x80862007 IOCTL call.
Known Exploited Vulnerability
This Intel Ethernet Diagnostics Driver for Windows Denial-of-Service Vulnerability is part of CISA's list of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities. Intel ethernet diagnostics driver for Windows IQVW32.sys and IQVW64.sys contain an unspecified vulnerability that allows for a denial-of-service.
The following remediation steps are recommended / required by March 3, 2023: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2015-2291 can be exploited with local system access, and requires small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. It has an exploitability score of 1.8 out of four. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.
Improper Input Validation
The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly.
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