CVE-2019-5676 Privilege escalation in NVIDIA GPU Display Driver
An attacker can execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges via a DLL preloading attack in the NVIDIA GPU driver.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2019-5676?
CVE-2019-5676 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Nvidia Gpu Display Driver, published on 10 May 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
NVIDIA Windows GPU Display driver software for Windows (all versions) contains a vulnerability in which it incorrectly loads Windows system DLLs without validating the path or signature (also known as a binary planting or DLL preloading attack), leading to escalation of privileges through code execution.
Weakness: CWE-427
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-5676?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Nvidia Geforce Experience, Nvidia Gpu Display Driver.
How do I fix CVE-2019-5676?
No fix has been published for CVE-2019-5676 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2019-5676 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-5676 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Nvidia Gpu Display Driver
- 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-p2pj-jx8f-jw9f.