A vulnerability was found in NVIDIA GeForce Experience up to 3.1.0 and classified as problematic. This issue affects an unknown function of the file Helper.exe. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

NVIDIA GeForce Experience 3.x before GFE 3.1.0.52 contains a vulnerability in NVIDIA Web Helper.exe where a local web API endpoint, /VisualOPS/v.1.0./, lacks proper access control and parameter validation, allowing for information disclosure via a directory traversal attack.

The bug was discovered 10/18/2016. The weakness was disclosed 12/16/2016 (Website). The advisory is shared at nvidia.custhelp.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2016-8827 since 10/18/2016. The exploitation is known to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. The successful exploitation requires a simple authentication. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1006 for this issue.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 59 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

Upgrading to version 3.1.0.52 eliminates this vulnerability.

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• GeForce Experience

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• 3.0
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• commercial

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