#VU15338 Privilege escalation in NVIDIA App (formerly GeForce Experience) - CVE‑2018‑6261
Published: October 12, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU15338
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: 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
Vulnerable software:
NVIDIA App (formerly GeForce Experience)
NVIDIA App (formerly GeForce Experience)
Software vendor:
nVidia
nVidia
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.
Remediation
Update to version 3.15 or later.