Spoofing attack in NVIDIA App (formerly GeForce Experience) - CVE-2021-1073
Published: June 25, 2021
Vulnerability identifier: #VU54380
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-1073
CWE-ID: CWE-451
Exploitation vector: Remote 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 remote attacker to perform spoofing attack.
The vulnerability exists due to incorrect processing of special formatted links in NVIDIA GeForce Experience software. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted link that opens the GeForce Experience login page in a new browser tab instead of the GeForce Experience application and enters their login information, the malicious site can get access to the token of the user login session.
How to mitigate CVE-2021-1073
Install updates from vendor's website.