CVE-2021-1092 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Windows contains a vulnerability in the NVIDIA Control Panel application where it is susceptible to a Windows file system symbolic link attack where an unprivileged attacker can cause the applications to overwrite privileged files, resulting in potential denial of service or data loss.

Published: 2021-07-22

Score: 7.1 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

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Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

NVIDIA

NVIDIA GPU Display Driver

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`All GPU Driver versions`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:gpu_display_driver::::::windows::*
	cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:gpu_display_driver::::::windows::*
	cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:gpu_display_driver::::::windows::*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2021-6559	NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Windows contains a vulnerability in the NVIDIA Control Panel application where it is susceptible to a Windows file system symbolic link attack where an unprivileged attacker can cause the applications to overwrite privileged files, resulting in potential denial of service or data loss.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00115.

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References

Link	Providers
https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5211

History

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Nvidia Gpu Display Driver

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: nvidia

Published: 2021-07-22T04:25:31.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-03T15:55:18.526Z

Reserved: 2020-11-12T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-1092

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-07-22T05:15:07.857

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:43:34.900

Link: CVE-2021-1092

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Weaknesses

CWE-59

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