Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU55036

Insecure DLL loading in NVIDIA vGPU Software and NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver - CVE-2021-1089

Published: July 20, 2021

Vulnerability identifier: #VU55036

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4: 8.5 [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]

CVE-ID: CVE-2021-1089

CWE-ID: CWE-427

Exploitation vector: Local access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to the application loads DLL libraries in an insecure manner in nvidia-smi. A local user can place a malicious .dll file on the system and execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.

Affected software

NVIDIA vGPU Software
NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver

How to mitigate CVE-2021-1089

Install updates from vendor's website.

NVIDIA vGPU Software - addressed in versions 8.8, 11.5, 12.3
NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver - addressed in versions 392.67, 427.48, 453.10, 462.96, 471.41

External References

https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5211

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