PT-2020-18869 · Nvidia · Nvidia Windows Gpu Display Driver

Published 2020-10-02 · Updated 2020-10-09 · CVE-2020-5979

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.6

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver, all versions

Description The issue concerns a vulnerability in the NVIDIA Control Panel component where a user is presented with a dialog box for input by a high-privilege process, potentially leading to escalation of privileges.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Related Identifiers

CVE-2020-5979

Affected Products

Nvidia Windows Gpu Display Driver

References · 3

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-5979 · Security Note
• https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5075 · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/15031 · Telegram Post