NVIDIA drivers (nvidia-drivers) before 1.0.7185, 1.0.9639, and 100.14.11, as used in Gentoo Linux and possibly other distributions, creates /dev/nvidia* device files with insecure permissions, which allows local users to modify video card settings, cause a denial of service (crash or physical video card damage), and obtain sensitive information.
                
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Information
                Published : 2007-07-27 15:30
Updated : 2009-12-27 21:00
NVD link : CVE-2007-3532
Mitre link : CVE-2007-3532
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CWE
                
                    
                        
                        CWE-264
                        
            Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
Products Affected
                gentoo
- linux
 
nvidia
- video_driver
 


