CVE-2018-6263 Privilege escalation in GeForce Experience

High 7.8 Published Updated

Local attackers can escalate privileges by planting a malicious DLL during installation in NVIDIA GeForce Experience.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2018-6263?

CVE-2018-6263 is a high-severity vulnerability in Nvidia Corporation GeForce Experience, published on 27 Nov 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

NVIDIA GeForce Experience contains a vulnerability in all versions prior to 3.16 on Windows in which an attacker who has access to a local user account can plant a malicious dynamic link library (DLL) during application installation, which may lead to escalation of privileges.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-6263?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Nvidia Geforce Experience.

How do I fix CVE-2018-6263?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-6263 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2018-6263 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-6263 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-fx6q-gmv8-6h35.

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