Privilege escalation in NVIDIA App (formerly GeForce Experience) - CVE‑2018‑6261
Published: October 12, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU15338
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: 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
CVE-ID: CVE‑2018‑6261
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: nVidia
Affected software:
NVIDIA App (formerly GeForce Experience)
NVIDIA App (formerly GeForce Experience)
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the target system.
The weakness exists due to GameStream is enabled which sets incorrect permissions on a file. A local attacker can cause the service to crash or execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in system compromise.
The weakness exists due to GameStream is enabled which sets incorrect permissions on a file. A local attacker can cause the service to crash or execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in system compromise.
How to mitigate CVE‑2018‑6261
Update to version 3.15 or later.