A vulnerability was found in NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver (Hardware Driver Software) (unknown version) and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown code block of the component Control Panel. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver, all versions, contains a vulnerability in the NVIDIA Control Panel component, in which an attacker with local system access can corrupt a system file, which may lead to denial of service or escalation of privileges.

The weakness was presented 06/24/2020 (Website). The advisory is shared at nvidia.custhelp.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2020-5962 since 01/07/2020. An attack has to be approached locally. The requirement for exploitation is a simple authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• NVIDIA

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• Windows GPU Display Driver

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• commercial

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