CVE-2021-1079

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Summary

CVECVE-2021-1079
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-04-20 16:15:00 UTC
Updated2021-05-18 16:16:00 UTC
DescriptionNVIDIA GeForce Experience, all versions prior to 3.22, contains a vulnerability in GameStream plugins where log files are created using NT/System level permissions, which may lead to code execution, denial of service, or local privilege escalation. The attacker does not have control over the consequence of a modification nor would they be able to leak information as a direct result of the overwrite.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Microsoft Windows - All All All
Application Nvidia Geforce Experience All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Security Bulletin: NVIDIA GeForce Experience - April 2021 | NVIDIA CONFIRM nvidia.custhelp.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

LEGACY: NVIDIA thanks Matt Batten and Paolo Stagno for reporting this issue.

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