CVE-2023-31017 CVE
An attacker can write arbitrary data to privileged locations via reparse points, leading to code execution or privilege escalation.
- 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-2023-31017?
CVE-2023-31017 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Nvidia Virtual Gpu, published on 2 Nov 2023. 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 where an attacker may be able to write arbitrary data to privileged locations by using reparse points. A successful exploit of this vulnerability may lead to code execution, denial of service, escalation of privileges, information disclosure, or data tampering.
Weakness: CWE-552
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-31017?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Nvidia Virtual Gpu.
How do I fix CVE-2023-31017?
No fix has been published for CVE-2023-31017 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-2023-31017 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-31017 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Nvidia Virtual Gpu
- CVE-2023-0189 Privilege escalation in vGPU software (guest driver - Linux), NVIDIA Cloud Gaming (guest driver - Linux)
- CVE-2023-31027 CVE
- CVE-2023-31019 CVE
- CVE-2023-0182 Memory corruption in vGPU software (guest driver - Windows), NVIDIA Cloud Gaming (guest driver - Windows)
- CVE-2022-31609 Missing authorization in NVIDIA Virtual GPU Software and NVIDIA Cloud Gaming
Sources
Also known as GHSA-73mh-5vh2-9fc3.