CVE-2015-2291
Intel Ethernet Diagnostics Driver for Windows Denial-of-Service Vulnerability
- Published
- Aug 9, 2017
- Updated
- Aug 4, 2026
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Evidence observed
- Mar 14, 2015
Primary CVSS
nvd · CVSS 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HLow · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 95.1%
- Model date
- Sep 21, 2026
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CISA Known Exploited
This CVE appears in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.
Summary
(1) IQVW32.sys before 1.3.1.0 and (2) IQVW64.sys before 1.3.1.0 in the Intel Ethernet diagnostics driver for Windows allows local users to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges via a crafted (a) 0x80862013, (b) 0x8086200B, (c) 0x8086200F, or (d) 0x80862007 IOCTL call.
Sources
4Educational proof-of-concept for CVE-2015-2291 local privilege escalation via Intel Ethernet driver IOCTL abuse, demonstrating arbitrary kernel memory read/write and EPROCESS token stealing on Windows 10 x64.
- CVE-2015-2291Exploit
(1) IQVW32.sys before 1.3.1.0 and (2) IQVW64.sys before 1.3.1.0 in the Intel Ethernet diagnostics driver for Windows allows local users to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges via a crafted (a) 0x80862013, (b) 0x8086200B, (c) 0x8086200F, or (d) 0x80862007 IOCTL call.
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