SB2021122201 - Privilege escalation in NVIDIA GeForce Experience
Published: December 22, 2021
Security Bulletin ID
SB2021122201
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Improper access control (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-23175)
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privilege son the system.
The vulnerability exists due to improper access restrictions where GameStream does not correctly apply individual user access controls for users on the same device. A local user can run a specially crafted program to escalate privileges on the system.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.