[Full-disclosure] [ GLSA 200611-03 ] NVIDIA binary graphics driver: Privilege escalation vulnerability

[Nick Boyce]

On 11/7/06, Raphael Marichez <falco at gentoo.org> wrote:

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>   Severity: High
>      Title: NVIDIA binary graphics driver: Privilege escalation
>             vulnerability
>       Date: November 07, 2006
>       Bugs: #151635
>         ID: 200611-03
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> Synopsis
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> The NVIDIA binary graphics driver is vulnerable to a local privilege
> escalation
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> An X client could trigger the buffer overflow with a maliciously
> crafted series of glyphs. A remote attacker could also entice a user to
> open a specially crafted web page, document or X client that will
> trigger the buffer overflow.

um ... doesn't that make it a *remote* privilege escalation ?

Cheers,
Nick Boyce
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