CVE-2021-1079 — Improper Privilege Management in Nvidia Geforce Experience
3 documents3 sources
Severity
6.1MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 73.71%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedApr 20
Latest updateMay 24
Description
NVIDIA GeForce Experience, all versions prior to 3.22, contains a vulnerability in GameStream plugins where log files are created using NT/System level permissions, which may lead to code execution, denial of service, or local privilege escalation. The attacker does not have control over the consequence of a modification nor would they be able to leak information as a direct result of the overwrite.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 4.2