CVEvulnerability
CVE-2020-5978
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2020-10-23
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.6 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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.
Affected configurations
• nvidia geforce experience (< 3.20.5.70)
References
- https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5076 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5076 Patch, Vendor Advisory