CVE-2021-1091 (GCVE-0-2021-1091)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-07-22 04:25 – Updated: 2024-08-03 15:55
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Summary
NVIDIA GPU Display driver for Windows contains a vulnerability where an unprivileged user can create a file hard link that causes the driver to overwrite a file that requires elevated privilege to modify, which could lead to data loss or denial of service.
Severity
7.1 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • denial of service, data loss
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NVIDIA NVIDIA GPU Display Driver Affected: All GPU Driver versions
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