# 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.

- **Severity:** High 7.8 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/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:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 27 Nov 2018
- **Updated:** 16 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-pmf4-xpgc-x9w3

## 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: 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](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-6250/): Code injection in GeForce Experience (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2016-8812](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-8812/): Memory corruption in Quadro, NVS, and GeForce (all versions) (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2021-1073](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-1073/): Information disclosure in NVIDIA GeForce Experience Software (high 8.3)
- [CVE-2022-42291](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-42291/): Path traversal in GeForce Experience (high 8.2)
- [CVE-2021-23175](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-23175/): Missing authorization in NVIDIA GeForce Experience Software (high 8.2)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2018-6265 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-6265 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Nvidia Corporation GeForce Experience. 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-2018-6265/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-6265/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-6265
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-6265
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-6265

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