PT-2020-18868 · Nvidia · Nvidia Geforce Experience

Published 2020-10-23 · Updated 2020-10-27 · CVE-2020-5978

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 3.20.5.70

Description The issue concerns a vulnerability in the services of NVIDIA GeForce Experience. Specifically, a folder is created by nvcontainer.exe under normal user login with LOCAL SYSTEM privileges. This may lead to a denial of service or escalation of privileges.

Recommendations For versions prior to 3.20.5.70, update to version 3.20.5.70 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2020-5978

Affected Products

Nvidia Geforce Experience

References · 3

• https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5076 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-5978 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-5978 · Vendor Advisory