CVE-2020-5978 Privilege escalation in NVIDIA GeForce Experience Software
A local attacker can exploit improper folder creation privileges to escalate privileges or cause a denial of service in NVIDIA GeForce Experience.
- 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-2020-5978?
CVE-2020-5978 is a high-severity vulnerability in NVIDIA GeForce Experience Software, published on 23 Oct 2020. 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 3.20.5.70, contains a vulnerability in its services in which a folder is created by nvcontainer.exe under normal user login with LOCAL_SYSTEM privileges which may lead to a denial of service or escalation of privileges.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-5978?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Nvidia Geforce Experience.
How do I fix CVE-2020-5978?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-5978 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2020-5978 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-5978 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in NVIDIA GeForce Experience Software
- 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-c4v9-8xjg-8hcc.