CVE-2019-5702 Privilege escalation in GeForce Experience
Local attackers can corrupt system files to escalate privileges or cause denial of service when GameStream is enabled.
- 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-2019-5702?
CVE-2019-5702 is a high-severity vulnerability in NVIDIA GeForce Experience, published on 24 Dec 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
NVIDIA GeForce Experience, all versions prior to 3.20.2, contains a vulnerability when GameStream is enabled in which an attacker with local system access can corrupt a system file, which may lead to denial of service or escalation of privileges.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-5702?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Nvidia Geforce Experience.
How do I fix CVE-2019-5702?
No fix has been published for CVE-2019-5702 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2019-5702 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-5702 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in NVIDIA 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-4cj8-p4j5-pfhj.