VDB-220651 · CVE-2022-42292 · GCVE-0-2022-42292

NVIDIA GeForce Experience NVContainer link following

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in NVIDIA GeForce Experience. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component NVContainer. The manipulation leads to link following. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2022-42292. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in NVIDIA GeForce Experience (the affected version is unknown). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code of the component NVContainer. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a link following vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-59. The product attempts to access a file based on the filename, but it does not properly prevent that filename from identifying a link or shortcut that resolves to an unintended resource. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

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.

The weakness was released 02/12/2023. It is possible to read the advisory at nvidia.custhelp.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2022-42292 since 10/03/2022. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

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

Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Vendor

NVIDIA

Name

GeForce Experience

License

commercial

CPE 2.3info

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CPE 2.2info

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CVSSv4info

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VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.1
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.1

VulDB Base Score: 5.5
VulDB Temp Score: 5.5
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 7.8
NVD Vector: 🔍

CNA Base Score: 5.0
CNA Vector (NVIDIA Corporation): 🔍

CVSSv2info

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Link following
CWE: CWE-59
CAPEC: 🔍
ATT&CK: 🔍

Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
Status: 🔍

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Timelineinfo

10/03/2022 🔍
02/12/2023 +132 days 🔍
02/12/2023 +0 days 🔍
03/10/2023 +26 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: nvidia.com

Advisory: nvidia.custhelp.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2022-42292 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-42292
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-220651

Entryinfo

Created: 02/12/2023 11:28
Updated: 03/10/2023 09:50
Changes: 02/12/2023 11:28 (47), 03/10/2023 09:50 (11)
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