Detections
Analytics
CVE-2016-8824
high
Description
All versions of NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver contain a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer (nvlddmkm.sys) handler for DxgDdiEscape where improper access controls allow a regular user to write a part of the registry intended for privileged users only, leading to escalation of privileges.
References
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2016-9649