# CVE-2017-0317: Privilege escalation in Windows GPU Display Driver

> A local attacker can escalate privileges and execute code by tampering with files in the NVIDIA GPU installer extraction path due to improper permissions.

- **Severity:** High 7.5 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 15 Feb 2017
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-f9jx-xx7w-9jgq

## What is CVE-2017-0317?

CVE-2017-0317 is a high-severity vulnerability in Nvidia Gpu Driver, published on 15 Feb 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

All versions of NVIDIA GPU and GeForce Experience installer contain a vulnerability where it fails to set proper permissions on the package extraction path thus allowing a non-privileged user to tamper with the extracted files, potentially leading to escalation of privileges via code execution.

Weakness: CWE-732 (Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-0317?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Nvidia Gpu Driver.

## How do I fix CVE-2017-0317?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-0317 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2017-0317 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-0317 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Nvidia Gpu Driver

- [CVE-2019-5684](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-5684/): Memory corruption in GPU Display Driver (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2015-5053](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-5053/): Privilege escalation in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2013-5986](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-5986/): Other in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2019-5685](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-5685/): Memory corruption in GPU Display Driver (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2018-6247](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-6247/): Null dereference in GPU Display Driver (high 8.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2017-0317 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2017-0317 is a high-severity vulnerability in Nvidia Gpu Driver, published on 15 Feb 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-0317 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Nvidia Gpu Driver. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-0317/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-0317/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-0317
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-0317
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-0317

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