What is CVE-2015-5466?

CVE-2015-5466 is a high-severity vulnerability in Sis Xgi Vga Display Manager, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2020-01-15.

How severe is CVE-2015-5466?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Privilege escalation in Sis Xgi Vga Display Manager

CVE-2015-5466

Silicon Integrated Systems XGI WindowsXP Display Manager (aka XGI VGA Driver Manager and VGA Display Manager) 6.14.10.1090 allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted 0x96002404 IOCTL call.

Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation

EPSS: 0.011 (63.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Sis Xgi_vga_display_manager — versions 6.14.10.1090
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Broken Link)
cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-5466?: CVE-2015-5466 is a high-severity vulnerability in Sis Xgi Vga Display Manager, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2020-01-15.
How severe is CVE-2015-5466?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.