PT-2023-7241 · Nvidia · Nvidia Gpu Display Driver

Patryk Nowakowski · Published 2023-04-22 · Updated 2023-11-13 · CVE-2023-31027

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.2

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Windows (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to an uncontrolled search path element in the NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Windows during its update process. This can allow an attacker to escalate privileges when an administrator is updating GPU drivers, potentially leading to privilege escalation.

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

Uncontrolled Search Path Element

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-427

Related Identifiers

BDU:2023-08269

CVE-2023-31027

Affected Products

Nvidia Gpu Display Driver

References · 14

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-31027 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5491 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-31027 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2023-08269 · Security Note
• https://t.me/pentestingnews/40674 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/60415 · Telegram Post
• https://vuldb.com/ru/?id.244383 · Note
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/1720205099945849294 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/the_yellow_fall/status/1719578938941509813 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1720157094668796103 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/fridaysecurity/status/1719579115752202463 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/73468 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/Komodosec/status/1719590356029931711 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/cracbot/status/1720381968716554421 · Twitter Post