CVE-2015-2291 on CISA KEV

(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) 0x80862

01What CISA says about this vulnerability

(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.

02Required action — verbatim from CISA

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

03Notes & references

• www.exploit-db.com — https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36392/
• security-center.intel.com — https://security-center.intel.com/advisory.aspx?intelid=INTEL-SA-00051&languagei…
• packetstormsecurity.com — http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130854/Intel-Network-Adapter-Diagnostic-Dri…
• www.securityfocus.com — http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79623

04SARA's analyst layer — why this matters

This vulnerability is currently on the CISA KEV list, which CISA only adds CVEs to when there is reliable evidence of active exploitation in the wild. For federal civilian agencies, BOD 22-01 requires remediation by the due date above. For everyone else, KEV is the strongest "patch immediately" signal you can get from public threat intel.

05Affected products (summary)

06Detection

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