PT-2018-1935 · Microsoft+1 · Windows 7+1

Published 2018-11-19 · Updated 2019-10-03 · CVE-2018-6265

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions NVIDIA GeForce Experience versions prior to 3.16

Description The issue is caused by insecure privilege management in NVIDIA GeForce Experience, allowing a local user to potentially escalate privileges on the browser during application installation on Windows 7 in elevated privilege mode. This could enable an attacker to gain elevated privileges.

Recommendations For versions prior to 3.16, update to version 3.16 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Improper Privilege Management

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-269

Related Identifiers

BDU:2018-01542

CVE-2018-6265

Affected Products

Nvidia Geforce Experience

Windows 7

References · 6

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-6265 · Security Note
• https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4740 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2018-01542 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-6265 · Vendor Advisory
• https://securitylab.ru/vulnerability/496622.php · Note
• https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/LEN-25444 · Note