NVIDIA GPU/GeForce Experience Installer permission

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in NVIDIA GPU and GeForce Experience Installer. It has been declared as problematic. The affected element is an unknown function. The manipulation results in permission. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2017-0317. The attack is only possible with local access. There is not any exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in NVIDIA GPU and GeForce Experience Installer (version now known). It has been classified as problematic. Affected is some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a permission vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-275. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

All versions of NVIDIA GPU and GeForce Experience installer contain a vulnerability where it fails to set proper permissions on the package extraction path thus allowing a non-privileged user to tamper with the extracted files, potentially leading to escalation of privileges via code execution.

The bug was discovered 02/15/2017. The weakness was released 02/15/2017 (Website). The advisory is available at nvidia.custhelp.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2017-0317 since 11/23/2016. Local access is required to approach this attack. Required for exploitation is a authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1222 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 97386 (NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver 375.x < 376.67 / 378.x < 378.52 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 even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (97386). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-97018, VDB-97019, VDB-97020 and VDB-97021. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.3

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Class: Permission
CWE: CWE-275 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Partially

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Nessus ID: 97386
Nessus Name: NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver 375.x < 376.67 / 378.x < 378.52 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

11/23/2016 🔍
02/14/2017 +83 days 🔍
02/15/2017 +1 days 🔍
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02/16/2017 +1 days 🔍
02/24/2017 +8 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: nvidia.com

Advisory: nvidia.custhelp.com
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2017-0317 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-0317
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-97026
OSVDB: - CVE-2017-0317 - NVIDIA - GPU and GeForce Experience Installer - Privilege Escalation Issue

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Entryinfo

Created: 02/16/2017 09:06
Updated: 08/15/2020 10:19
Changes: 02/16/2017 09:06 (62), 08/15/2020 10:19 (5)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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