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CVE-2021-1079

CVE information

Published

3 years ago

Last Modified

2 years ago

CVSSv2.0 Severity

Low

CVSSv3.1 Severity

Medium

Impact Analysis

Description

NVIDIA GeForce Experience, all versions prior to 3.22, contains a vulnerability in GameStream plugins where log files are created using NT/System level permissions, which may lead to code execution, denial of service, or local privilege escalation. The attacker does not have control over the consequence of a modification nor would they be able to leak information as a direct result of the overwrite..

CVSSv2.0 Score

Severity
Low
Base Score
3.6/10
Exploit Score
3.9/10
Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication Required
None
Impact Score
4.9/10
Confidentiality Impact
None
Availability Impact
Partial
Integrity Impact
Partial

CVSSv3.1 Score

Severity
Medium
Base Score
6.1/10
Exploit Score
1.8/10
Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
Impact Score
4.2/10
Confidentiality Impact
None
Availability Impact
High
Integrity Impact
Low
Scope
Unchanged
User Interaction
None

Products Affected

CPE Affected Vulnerable Excluding Edit
cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:geforce_experience:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- 3.22
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  No
-