CVE-2022-42292Link Following in Nvidia Geforce Experience

CWE-59Link Following3 documents3 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
CNA5.0
EPSS
0.0%
top 85.09%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedFeb 12

Description

NVIDIA GeForce Experience contains a vulnerability in the NVContainer component, where a user without administrator privileges can create a symbolic link to a file that requires elevated privileges to write to or modify, which may lead to denial of service, escalation of privilege or limited data tampering.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages2 packages

NVDnvidia/geforce_experience< 3.27.0.112
CVEListV5nvidia/geforce_experienceAll versions prior to 3.27.0.112

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-wp35-336h-g4rc: NVIDIA GeForce Experience contains a vulnerability in the NVContainer component, where a user without administrator privileges can create a symbolic l2023-02-12
CVEList
CVE-2022-42292: NVIDIA GeForce Experience contains a vulnerability in the NVContainer component, where a user without administrator privileges can create a symbolic l2023-02-07
CVE-2022-42292 — Link Following in Nvidia | cvebase