Improper Privilege Management in NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver - CVE-2022-34669
Published: December 1, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU69813
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-2022-34669
CWE-ID: CWE-269
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 improper privilege management within the NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Windows. A local user can access or modify system files or other files that are critical to the application and escalate privileges on the system.
Affected software
NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver
How to mitigate CVE-2022-34669
Install updates from vendor's website.
NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver - addressed in versions 474.04, 474.06, 526.98