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Nvidia Display Driver Service Attack Escalates Privileges On Windows Machines

Posted by timothy on from the knowledge-counteracts dept.

L3sPau1 writes "A zero-day exploit has been found in the Nvidia Display Driver Service on Windows machines. An attacker with local access can use the exploit to gain root privileges on a Windows machine. Windows domains with relaxed firewall rules or file sharing enabled can also pull off the exploit, which was posted to Pastebin by researcher Peter Winter-Smith."

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  1. An Alternate Easy solution by Taco+Cowboy · · Score: 0, Troll

    Do not use Nvidia GPU.

    There are GPUs from other vendors in the market.

    Vote with your wallet.

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    Muchas Gracias, Señor Edward Snowden !