CVEvulnerability
CVE-2021-1091
7.1 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2021-07-22
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.1 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.1 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 3.6 LOW — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-59
Description
NVIDIA GPU Display driver for Windows contains a vulnerability where an unprivileged user can create a file hard link that causes the driver to overwrite a file that requires elevated privilege to modify, which could lead to data loss or denial of service.
Affected configurations
• nvidia gpu display driver (>= 427.33 < 427.48)
• nvidia gpu display driver (>= 452.96 < 453.10)
• nvidia gpu display driver (>= 462.31 < 462.96)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access weakness
References
- https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5211 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5211 Patch, Vendor Advisory