Unspecified vulnerability in NVIDIA graphics driver Release 331, 325, 319, 310, and 304 allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions for the GPU and gain privileges via unknown vectors.

The remote host is running a version of Mac OS X that is older than 10.9.2. The newer version contains numerous security-related fixes for the following components :

  - Apache

  - ATS

  - Certificate Trust Policy

  - CoreAnimation

  - CoreText

  - curl

  - Data Security

  - Date and Time

  - File Bookmark

  - Finder

  - ImageIO

  - NVIDIA Drivers

  - PHP

  - QuickLook

  - QuickTime

An attacker could leverage the most serious of these issues to execute arbitrary code.

The remote host is running a version of Mac OS X 10.7 or 10.8 that does not have Security Update 2014-001 applied. This update contains several security-related fixes for the following components :

  - Apache
  - App Sandbox
  - ATS
  - Certificate Trust Policy
  - CFNetwork Cookies
  - CoreAnimation
  - Date and Time
  - File Bookmark
  - ImageIO
  - IOSerialFamily
  - LaunchServices
  - NVIDIA Drivers
  - PHP
  - QuickLook
  - QuickTime
  - Secure Transport

Note that successful exploitation of the most serious issues could result in arbitrary code execution.

The remote host is running a version of Mac OS X 10.9.x that is prior to 10.9.2. This update contains several security-related fixes for the following components :

  - Apache
  - ATS
  - Certificate Trust Policy
  - CoreAnimation
  - CoreText
  - curl
  - Data Security
  - Date and Time
  - File Bookmark
  - Finder
  - ImageIO
  - NVIDIA Drivers
  - PHP
  - QuickLook
  - QuickTime

Note that successful exploitation of the most serious issues could result in arbitrary code execution.

The remote host has a driver installed that is affected by an unspecified, local privilege escalation vulnerability.  Using the vulnerability, it may be possible for a local attacker to gain complete control of the system.

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201402-02 (NVIDIA Drivers: Privilege Escalation)

    The vulnerability is caused due to the driver allowing unprivileged       user-mode software to access the GPU.
  Impact :

    A local attacker could gain escalated privileges.
  Workaround :

    There is no known workaround at this time.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
8138	Mac OS X < 10.9.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus Network Monitor	Web Clients	critical
72688	Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2014-001) (BEAST)	Nessus	MacOS X Local Security Checks	critical
72687	Mac OS X 10.9.x < 10.9.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus	MacOS X Local Security Checks	critical
72484	NVIDIA Graphics Driver Unspecified Privilege Escalation (Unix / Linux)	Nessus	Misc.	high
72483	NVIDIA Graphics Driver Unspecified Privilege Escalation (Windows)	Nessus	Windows	high
72255	GLSA-201402-02 : NVIDIA Drivers: Privilege Escalation	Nessus	Gentoo Local Security Checks	critical

Detections

Analytics

CVE-2013-5987

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Tenable Plugins

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