CVE-2020-5979 (GCVE-0-2020-5979)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-10-02 18:15 – Updated: 2024-08-04 08:47
VLAI
Summary
NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver, all versions, contains a vulnerability in the NVIDIA Control Panel component in which a user is presented with a dialog box for input by a high-privilege process, which may lead to escalation of privileges.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • escalation of privileges
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