CVE-2022-42292 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00037.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Microsoft	Windows
Nvidia	Geforce Experience

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

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cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-45367	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.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5384

History

Tue, 25 Mar 2025 15:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: nvidia

Published: 2023-02-07T02:31:42.937Z

Updated: 2025-03-25T14:45:08.019Z

Reserved: 2022-10-03T14:20:26.210Z

Link: CVE-2022-42292

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T13:03:45.928Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-02-12T04:15:15.753

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:24:41.237

Link: CVE-2022-42292

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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