CVE-2018-6265 Privilege escalation in GeForce Experience
A local user can escalate privileges during installation on Windows 7 when running in elevated mode, affecting NVIDIA GeForce Experience users.
- 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-2018-6265?
CVE-2018-6265 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 during application installation on Windows 7 in elevated privilege mode, where a local user who initiates a browser session may obtain escalation of privileges on the browser.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-6265?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Nvidia Geforce Experience.
How do I fix CVE-2018-6265?
No fix has been published for CVE-2018-6265 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2018-6265 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-6265 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Nvidia Corporation GeForce Experience
- CVE-2017-6250 Code injection in GeForce Experience
- CVE-2016-8812 Memory corruption in Quadro, NVS, and GeForce (all versions)
- CVE-2021-1073 Information disclosure in NVIDIA GeForce Experience Software
- CVE-2022-42291 Path traversal in GeForce Experience
- CVE-2021-23175 Missing authorization in NVIDIA GeForce Experience Software
Sources
Also known as GHSA-pmf4-xpgc-x9w3.