CVE-2019-5674 Path traversal in GeForce Experience
An attacker with local access can exploit hard link vulnerabilities in ShadowPlay or GameStream to execute code or escalate privileges.
- 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-2019-5674?
CVE-2019-5674 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in NVIDIA Corporation GeForce Experience, published on 28 Mar 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
NVIDIA GeForce Experience before 3.18 contains a vulnerability when ShadowPlay or GameStream is enabled. When an attacker has access to the system and creates a hard link, the software does not check for hard link attacks. This behavior may lead to code execution, denial of service, or escalation of privileges.
Weakness: CWE-59
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-5674?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Nvidia Geforce Experience.
How do I fix CVE-2019-5674?
No fix has been published for CVE-2019-5674 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2019-5674 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-5674 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-5xw4-x4cg-v965.