NVIDIA Graphics Driver on Quadro/NVS/GeForce/GameStream/NVTray Plugin unquoted search path
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A vulnerability classified as critical was found in NVIDIA Graphics Driver on Quadro/NVS/GeForce/GameStream/NVTray Plugin (Hardware Driver Software) (version unknown). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a unquoted search path vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-428. The product uses a search path that contains an unquoted element, in which the element contains whitespace or other separators. This can cause the product to access resources in a parent path. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
For the NVIDIA Quadro, NVS, GeForce products, GFE GameStream and NVTray Plugin unquoted service path vulnerabilities are examples of the unquoted service path vulnerability in Windows. A successful exploit of a vulnerable service installation can enable malicious code to execute on the system at the system/user privilege level. The CVE-2016-3161 ID is for the GameStream unquoted service path.
The weakness was released 11/08/2016 with Microsoft Vulnerability Research (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at nvidia.custhelp.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2016-3161 since 03/15/2016. The exploitation appears to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. The successful exploitation requires a single authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1574.009 according to MITRE ATT&CK.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 93912 (NVIDIA Graphics Driver 340.x < 341.96 / 352.x < 354.99 / 361.x < 362.77 / 367.x < 368.39 Multiple Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows and running in the context l.
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published before and not just after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (93912). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at 93332, 93333, 93334 and 93335.
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Class: Unquoted search pathCWE: CWE-428 / CWE-426
ATT&CK: T1574.009
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Remote: No
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Nessus ID: 93912
Nessus Name: NVIDIA Graphics Driver 340.x < 341.96 / 352.x < 354.99 / 361.x < 362.77 / 367.x < 368.39 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 880988
OpenVAS Name: ereg_replace( string:path_name, pattern:\s+(/|\-|\-\-).*, replace:
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Timeline
03/15/2016 🔍08/11/2016 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: nvidia.comAdvisory: nvidia.custhelp.com
Organization: Microsoft Vulnerability Research
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2016-3161 (🔍)
SecurityFocus: 93251 - Multiple NVIDIA Products Local Privilege Escalation and Denial of Service Vulnerabilities
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Entry
Created: 11/09/2016 08:03Updated: 05/27/2019 17:10
Changes: 11/09/2016 08:03 (60), 05/27/2019 17:10 (16)
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