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CVE-2017-15303

HIGH · CVSS 7.8 EPSS 1.53% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2017-10-16 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.8. Public exploit code or proof-of-concept references have been detected in its references.

Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

GitHub PoC Links

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CVE
CVE-2017-15303
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.8
EPSS
1.53%

Original NVD Description

In CPUID CPU-Z before 1.43, there is an arbitrary memory write that results directly in elevation of privileges, because any program running on the local machine (while CPU-Z is running) can issue an ioctl 0x9C402430 call to the kernel-mode driver (e.g., cpuz141_x64.sys for version 1.41).

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