Improper Privilege Management in NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver - CVE-2022-34672
Published: December 1, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU69815
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-2022-34672
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 Control Panel for Windows. A local user can compromise the security of the software by gaining privileges, reading sensitive information, or executing commands.
Affected software
NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver
How to mitigate CVE-2022-34672
Install updates from vendor's website.
NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver - addressed in versions 474.04, 474.06, 526.98