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CVE-2015-2291

7.8, high Known exploited Used in ransomware

Intel Ethernet Diagnostics Driver for Windows Denial-of-Service Vulnerability

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CVSS
7.8, high high CVSS v3.1
EPSS, next 30 days
9% higher than 95.2% of scored CVEs
Exploitation
Confirmed in the wild
Published
9 Aug 20179 years ago

Known exploited

CISA added this to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog on 10 Feb 2023 and links it to ransomware activity. US federal agencies had to remediate by 3 Mar 2023, a deadline that has passed.

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Description

(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.

Details

Vendor
Intel and 1 more
Product
Ethernet Diagnostics Driver Iqvw32.sys
Weakness
CWE-20 (opens in a new tab)
Status
Analyzed
Updated
1 Oct 2026
Assigner
cve@mitre.org

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References 5

Exploit code 2

Patches and fixes 1

Advisories 1

Other references 1

The kind is read from NVD's tags where present and from the shape of the URL otherwise, so treat it as a hint.

Other Intel CVEs

Every Intel CVE we hold

Same vendor in what we hold, not a known link between the flaws.

  • CVE-2017-5689 Intel Active Management Technology (AMT), Small Business Technology (SBT), and Standard Manageability Privilege Escalation Vulnerability KEV EPSS 92% 9.8, critical

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Assembled from the NVD 2.0 API, the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog and FIRST EPSS. Scores are as of our last collection on 16 Oct 2026, not the live upstream state.