CVE-2021-1092

CVSS V2 Low 3.6 CVSS V3 High 7.1
Description
NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Windows contains a vulnerability in the NVIDIA Control Panel application where it is susceptible to a Windows file system symbolic link attack where an unprivileged attacker can cause the applications to overwrite privileged files, resulting in potential denial of service or data loss.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2021-1092
  • Assigner
  • psirt@nvidia.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2021-07-22T05:15:07
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2022-06-28T14:11:45
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-59 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/59.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:gpu_display_driver:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:* 1 OR 427.33 427.48
cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:gpu_display_driver:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:* 1 OR 452.96 453.10
cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:gpu_display_driver:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:* 1 OR 462.31 462.96
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 3.6
  • Severity
  • LOW
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 4.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • LOW
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 7.1
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.8
  • Impact Score
  • 5.2
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5211 Patch Vendor Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-1092
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-1092
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 06:58:54 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-05 06:45:35 2021-07-22T05:15Z 2021-07-22T05:15:07 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-05 06:45:35 2022-06-28T14:11:45 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-05 06:45:35 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated