NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver Control Panel privileges management
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Summary
A vulnerability was found in NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Control Panel. Executing a manipulation can lead to privileges management. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2020-5979. The attack needs to be launched locally. No exploit is available.
Details
A vulnerability was found in NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver (Hardware Driver Software) (the affected version is unknown). It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown code 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 a user is presented with a dialog box for input by a high-privilege process, which may lead to escalation of privileges.
The weakness was published 10/02/2020 (Website). The advisory is available at nvidia.custhelp.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2020-5979 since 01/07/2020. Local access is required to approach this attack. A single authentication is needed 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.
Similar entries are available at VDB-162251, VDB-162252, VDB-162253 and VDB-162254. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.
Product
Type
Vendor
Name
License
Website
- Vendor: https://www.nvidia.com/
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.5VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.5
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Exploiting
Class: Privileges managementCWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No
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Status: Not defined
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Countermeasures
Recommended: no mitigation knownStatus: 🔍
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Timeline
01/07/2020 🔍10/02/2020 🔍
10/03/2020 🔍
11/16/2020 🔍
Sources
Vendor: nvidia.comAdvisory: nvidia.custhelp.com
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2020-5979 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2020-5979
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-162250
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Entry
Created: 10/03/2020 06:37Updated: 11/16/2020 10:54
Changes: 10/03/2020 06:37 (36), 10/03/2020 06:42 (4), 11/15/2020 10:18 (4), 11/16/2020 10:49 (1), 11/16/2020 10:54 (14)
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