fkie_cve-2022-42292
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2023-02-12 04:15
Modified
2024-11-21 07:24
Severity ?
5.0 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
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.
References
psirt@nvidia.comhttps://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5384Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5384Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
nvidia geforce_experience *
microsoft windows -


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