CVE-2021-1079 (GCVE-0-2021-1079)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-04-20 14:20 – Updated: 2024-08-03 15:55
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Summary
NVIDIA 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.
Severity
6.1 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
CWE
  • code execution, denial of service, or local privilege escalation
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
NVIDIA NVIDIA GeForce Experience Software Affected: All versions prior to 3.22
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Credits
NVIDIA thanks Matt Batten and Paolo Stagno for reporting this issue.
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