CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
AI Score
Confidence
High
EPSS
Percentile
12.6%
A display driver installed on the remote Windows host is affected by a vulnerability:
Note that Nessus has not attempted to exploit these issues but has instead relied only on the driver’s self-reported version number.
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
##
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
##
include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(158892);
script_version("1.3");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2024/03/08");
script_cve_id("CVE-2022-21815");
script_xref(name:"IAVA", value:"2022-A-0102-S");
script_name(english:"NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver (February 2022)");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The NVIDIA GPU display driver software on the remote Windows host is missing a vendor-supplied patch.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"A display driver installed on the remote Windows host is affected by a vulnerability:
- NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Windows contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer (nvlddmkm.sys) handler for
private IOCTLs where a NULL pointer dereference in the kernel, created within user mode code, may lead to a denial
of service in the form of a system crash. (CVE-2022-21815)
Note that Nessus has not attempted to exploit these issues but has instead relied only on the driver's
self-reported version number.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5312");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade the NVIDIA graphics driver in accordance with the vendor advisory.");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H");
script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2022-21815");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2022/02/02");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2022/02/02");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2022/03/14");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"potential_vulnerability", value:"true");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:nvidia:gpu_driver");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"stig_severity", value:"II");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family(english:"Windows");
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2022-2024 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_dependencies("wmi_enum_display_drivers.nbin");
script_require_keys("WMI/DisplayDrivers/NVIDIA", "Settings/ParanoidReport");
exit(0);
}
include('vcf_extras_nvidia.inc');
var app_info = vcf::nvidia_gpu::get_app_info(win_local:TRUE);
if (report_paranoia < 2)
audit(AUDIT_PARANOID);
var constraints = [
{'min_version': '450', 'fixed_version': '453.37', 'gpumodel':'tesla'},
{'min_version': '470', 'fixed_version': '472.98', 'gpumodel':['geforce', 'nvs', 'quadro', 'tesla']},
{'min_version': '473', 'fixed_version': '473.04', 'gpumodel':'geforce'},
{'min_version': '510', 'fixed_version': '511.65', 'gpumodel':['geforce', 'studio', 'quadro', 'nvs', 'tesla']}
];
vcf::nvidia_gpu::check_version_and_report(
app_info:app_info,
constraints:constraints,
severity:SECURITY_WARNING
);
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
AI Score
Confidence
High
EPSS
Percentile
12.6%