NVIDIA GeForce Experience prior 3.20.5.70 nvcontainer.exe access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in NVIDIA GeForce Experience and classified as critical. Affected is an unknown function of the file nvcontainer.exe. Performing a manipulation results in access control. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2020-5978. Attacking locally is a requirement. No exploit is available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in NVIDIA GeForce Experience. It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown part of the file nvcontainer.exe. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-264. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was published 10/24/2020. It is possible to read the advisory at nvidia.custhelp.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2020-5978. The exploitability is told to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 3.20.5.70 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: GeForce Experience 3.20.5.70

Timelineinfo

01/07/2020 🔍
10/24/2020 +290 days 🔍
10/24/2020 +0 days 🔍
11/27/2020 +34 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: nvidia.com

Advisory: nvidia.custhelp.com
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2020-5978 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2020-5978
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-163635

Entryinfo

Created: 10/24/2020 08:56
Updated: 11/27/2020 06:34
Changes: 10/24/2020 08:56 (36), 11/27/2020 06:32 (3), 11/27/2020 06:34 (18)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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