CVE-2015-2291

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

As of , CVE-2015-2291 in Intel Ethernet Diagnostics Driver for Windows is on CISA's list of exploited vulnerabilities: CISA listed it on . Our patch-first group: Patch this week.

Exploited
Yes: CISA listed it on 10 February 2023
US federal deadline
3 March 202321 days after CISA listed it. US federal civilian agencies must fix it by then.
Used in ransomware campaigns
KnownCISA changed it from Unknown to Known on 29 April 2025.
EPSS score
0.09Higher than 95% of the CVEs EPSS scores. EPSS estimates the chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS when listed
0.03 on 10 February 2023EPSS on the day CISA listed it.
Public exploit
1 Exploit-DB entry
Fix
Vendor advice: www.intel.comLinks below, from CISA's entry.

What CISA says to do

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

CISA's required action

What the flaw is

Intel ethernet diagnostics driver for Windows IQVW32.sys and IQVW64.sys contain an unspecified vulnerability that allows for a denial-of-service (DoS).

CISA's 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.

The CVE record's description, from mitre

CVE published
9 August 2017
Assigned by
mitre
CVSS
7.8 High (CVSS 3.1, from CISA-ADP)
CWE-20
Improper Input Validation
CISA SSVC, exploitation
active
CISA SSVC, automatable
no
CISA SSVC, technical impact
partial

Timeline

  1. Exploit-DB published an exploit (EDB-ID 36392).
  2. The CVE record was published.
  3. CISA added it to its list of exploited vulnerabilities.
  4. The US federal deadline to fix it.
  5. CISA changed its entry. Ransomware use: Unknown to Known.

Public exploits

Facts from Metasploit's module list and Exploit-DB's index; we never copy exploit code.

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