NVIDIA Graphics Driver GPU Performance Counter information disclosure
CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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5.4 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in NVIDIA Graphics Driver (Hardware Driver Software) (affected version not known). Affected is some unknown functionality of the component GPU Performance Counter. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:
NVIDIA graphics driver contains a vulnerability that may allow access to application data processed on the GPU through a side channel exposed by the GPU performance counters. Local user access is required. This is not a network or remote attack vector.
The bug was discovered 11/09/2018. The weakness was released 11/13/2018 (Website). The advisory is available at nvidia.custhelp.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2018-6260 since 01/25/2018. Local access is required to approach this attack. A authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1592 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.
The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 4 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 351526 (Amazon Linux Security Advisory for nvidia: ALAS-2019-1182).
There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.
Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at 131241, 131242, 131243 and 131244.
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.4VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.4
VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.3
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Exploiting
Class: Information disclosureCWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
ATT&CK: T1592
Local: Yes
Remote: No
Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined
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Recommended: no mitigation knownStatus: 🔍
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Timeline
01/25/2018 🔍11/09/2018 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: nvidia.comAdvisory: USN-3904-1
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2018-6260 (🔍)
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Entry
Created: 11/14/2018 10:11Updated: 06/06/2023 10:47
Changes: 11/14/2018 10:11 (59), 04/12/2020 16:10 (2), 06/06/2023 10:47 (3)
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