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Security Alert: NVIDIA drivers for WIndows

fixmypcmikefixmypcmike Posts: 19,583
edited December 1969 in The Commons

A vulnerability has been reported in NVIDIA Graphics Drivers for Windows, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges.

The vulnerability is caused due to an unspecified error within the Display Driver service and can be exploited to corrupt memory.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 307.83 or 311.00.

http://www.nvidia.com/object/product-security.html
http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/3288

Comments

  • StratDragonStratDragon Posts: 3,167
    edited December 1969

    Thanks for the heads up!

    and don't use dropbox.com that thing is a security trainwreck.

  • BagletBaglet Posts: 0
    edited December 1969

    StratDragon said:
    Thanks for the heads up!

    and don't use dropbox.com that thing is a security trainwreck.

    Any thing that wants some sort of special privileges on you machine should be avoided.

    Somebody wanted to set up Dropbox for some work related things. It started wanting to connect onto my desktop. The idea was quickly dropped. There are plenty of thieves in the world so don't hold the door for them.

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