Vulnerability Report

CVE-2020-5979

Title: NVIDIA Control Panel privilege escalation

Privilege Escalation

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2020-5979.

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo

Published Date Oct 02, 2020

Modified Date Nov 21, 2024

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 7.8 CVSS v3.1

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.32%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2020-5979: NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver, all versions, contains a vulnerability in the NVIDIA Control Panel component in which a user is presented with a dialog box for input by a high-privilege process, which may lead to escalation of privileges.

Impacted Vendors

nvidia 1

Reference Links

https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5075 https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5075

CVSS v3.1

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity HIGH

7.8

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Complexity

LOW

Privileges

N/A

Interaction

NONE

Confidentiality

N/A

Integrity

N/A

Availability

N/A

Scope

UNCHANGED

RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

4.6

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

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

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2020-5979 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

November 21, 2024 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

October 02, 2020 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector LOCAL

Complexity LOW

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.