SB2025042333 - Privilege escalation in NVIDIA App
Published: April 23, 2025
Security Bulletin ID
SB2025042333
CSH Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Use of Hard-coded, Security-relevant Constants (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-23253)
CWE-ID: CWE-547 - Use of Hard-coded, Security-relevant Constants
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to NVIDIA NvContainer service for Windows loads OpenSSL from a hard-coded path. A local user can place a specially crafted .dll into the hard-coded location and execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.