CVE-2020-5957 Privilege escalation in NVIDIA GPU Display Driver
A local attacker can corrupt system files via the NVIDIA Control Panel, leading to privilege escalation or denial of service.
- 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-2020-5957?
CVE-2020-5957 is a high-severity vulnerability in NVIDIA GPU Display Driver, published on 5 Mar 2020. 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, all versions, contains a vulnerability in the NVIDIA Control Panel component 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-2020-5957?
It affects 3 products.
Products include Nvidia Geforce Experience, Nvidia Quadro Firmware, Nvidia Tesla Firmware.
How do I fix CVE-2020-5957?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-5957 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2020-5957 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-5957 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-r259-m89p-gjgg.