VDB-123466 · CVE-2018-6258 · Qualys 371169

NVIDIA GeForce Experience up to 3.14.0 GameStream Installation race condition

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A vulnerability has been found in NVIDIA GeForce Experience up to 3.14.0 and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects an unknown function of the component GameStream Installation. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a race condition vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-362. The product contains a code sequence that can run concurrently with other code, and the code sequence requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence that is operating concurrently. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

NVIDIA GeForce Experience all versions prior to 3.14.1 contains a potential vulnerability during GameStream installation where an attacker who has system access can potentially conduct a Man-in-the-Middle (MitM) attack to obtain sensitive information.

The bug was discovered 08/30/2018. The weakness was released 08/31/2018 (Website). The advisory is available at nvidia.custhelp.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2018-6258 since 01/24/2018. Local access is required to approach this attack. The successful exploitation requires a single authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 371169 (Nvidia Geforce Experience Multiple Vulnerabilities).

Upgrading to version 3.14.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at 123465 and 123467.

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Class: Race condition
CWE: CWE-362
ATT&CK: Unknown

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: GeForce Experience 3.14.1

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01/24/2018 🔍
08/30/2018 +217 days 🔍
08/31/2018 +0 days 🔍
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09/01/2018 +1 days 🔍
03/19/2020 +565 days 🔍

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Vendor: nvidia.com

Advisory: nvidia.custhelp.com
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2018-6258 (🔍)
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Entryinfo

Created: 09/01/2018 08:22
Updated: 03/19/2020 20:39
Changes: 09/01/2018 08:22 (61), 03/19/2020 20:39 (2)
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