CVE-2020-5979

Severity

78%

Complexity

18%

Confidentiality

98%

NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver, all versions, contains a vulnerability in the NVIDIA Control Panel component in which a user is presented with a dialog box for input by a high-privilege process, which may lead to escalation of privileges.

CVSS 3.1 Base Score 7.8. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 4.6. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P).

Overview

First reported 4 years ago

2020-10-02 19:15:00

Last updated 4 years ago

2020-10-09 16:59:00

Affected Software

NVIDIA Virtual GPU Manager

References

https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5075

https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5075

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