#VU15999 Insecure DLL loading in NVIDIA App (formerly GeForce Experience) - CVE‑2018‑6263

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#VU15999 Insecure DLL loading in NVIDIA App (formerly GeForce Experience) - CVE‑2018‑6263

Published: November 21, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU15999
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE‑2018‑6263
CWE-ID: CWE-427
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
NVIDIA App (formerly GeForce Experience)
Software vendor:
nVidia

Description

The vulnerability allows a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to insecure .dll loading mechanism when opening files. A local attacker can place a file along with specially crafted .dll file on a remote SBM or WebDAV share, trick the victim into opening it and execute arbitrary code on the target system with privileges of the current victim.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to compromise vulnerable system.


Remediation

Update to version 3.16.

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