CVE-2021-1092 Path traversal in NVIDIA GPU Display Driver

High 7.1 Published 22 Jul 2021 Updated 3 Aug 2024

An unprivileged attacker can exploit symbolic links in the NVIDIA Control Panel to overwrite privileged files, causing data loss 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-2021-1092?

CVE-2021-1092 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Nvidia Gpu Display Driver, published on 22 Jul 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Windows contains a vulnerability in the NVIDIA Control Panel application where it is susceptible to a Windows file system symbolic link attack where an unprivileged attacker can cause the applications to overwrite privileged files, resulting in potential denial of service or data loss.

Weakness: CWE-59

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-1092?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Nvidia Gpu Display Driver.

How do I fix CVE-2021-1092?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-1092 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-2021-1092 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-1092 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Nvidia Gpu Display Driver vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-f383-xpww-4f48.