CVE-2019-5694 Path traversal in NVIDIA GPU Display Driver
Local attackers can exploit DLL preloading in NVIDIA Control Panel to execute code, causing denial of service or information disclosure.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2019-5694?
CVE-2019-5694 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Nvidia Gpu Driver, published on 9 Nov 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver, R390 driver version, contains a vulnerability in NVIDIA Control Panel in which it incorrectly loads Windows system DLLs without validating the path or signature (also known as a binary planting or DLL preloading attack), which may lead to denial of service or information disclosure through code execution. The attacker requires local system access.
Weakness: CWE-427
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-5694?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Nvidia Gpu Driver.
How do I fix CVE-2019-5694?
No fix has been published for CVE-2019-5694 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-2019-5694 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-5694 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Nvidia Gpu Driver
Sources
Also known as GHSA-9vc7-fvqc-rx92.