NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver Control Panel privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Control Panel. Executing a manipulation can lead to privileges management. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2020-5957. The attack requires local access. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver (Hardware Driver Software) (the affected version unknown). This vulnerability affects an unknown part of the component Control Panel. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

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 03/05/2020. This vulnerability was named CVE-2020-5957 since 01/07/2020. Local access is required to approach this attack. A single authentication is necessary for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

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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Exploitinginfo

Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Timelineinfo

01/07/2020 🔍
03/05/2020 +58 days 🔍
03/06/2020 +1 days 🔍
04/09/2024 +1495 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: nvidia.com

Advisory: nvidia.custhelp.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2020-5957 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2020-5957
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-150958

Entryinfo

Created: 03/06/2020 10:45
Updated: 04/09/2024 18:09
Changes: 03/06/2020 10:45 (35), 03/06/2020 10:50 (18), 04/09/2024 18:09 (17)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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