CVEvulnerability
CVE-2022-42292
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2023-02-12
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 5.0 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
- 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
- Weaknesses
- CWE-59
Description
NVIDIA GeForce Experience contains a vulnerability in the NVContainer component, where a user without administrator privileges can create a symbolic link to a file that requires elevated privileges to write to or modify, which may lead to denial of service, escalation of privilege or limited data tampering.
Affected configurations
• nvidia geforce experience (< 3.27.0.112)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access weakness
References
- https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5384 Vendor Advisory
- https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5384 Vendor Advisory