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CVE-2021-1092

HIGH
Published 2021-07-22T04:25:31
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CVSS Score

V3.1
7.1
/10
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Base Score Metrics
Exploitability: N/A Impact: N/A

EPSS Score

v2025.03.14
0.001
probability
of exploitation in the wild

There is a 0.1% chance that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.

Updated: 2025-06-25
Exploit Probability
Percentile: 0.311
Higher than 31.1% of all CVEs

Attack Vector Metrics

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED

Impact Metrics

Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH

Description

NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Windows contains a vulnerability in the NVIDIA Control Panel application where it is susceptible to a Windows file system symbolic link attack where an unprivileged attacker can cause the applications to overwrite privileged files, resulting in potential denial of service or data loss.

Available Exploits

No exploits available for this CVE.

Related News

No news articles found for this CVE.

Affected Products

NVIDIA

NVIDIA GPU Display Driver

Affected Versions:

All GPU Driver versions

GitHub Security Advisories

Community-driven vulnerability intelligence from GitHub

⚠ Unreviewed HIGH

GHSA-f383-xpww-4f48

Advisory Details

NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Windows contains a vulnerability in the NVIDIA Control Panel application where it is susceptible to a Windows file system symbolic link attack where an unprivileged attacker can cause the applications to overwrite privileged files, resulting in potential denial of service or data loss.

CVSS Scoring

CVSS Score

7.5

CVSS Vector

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

References

ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-1092
WEB https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5211

Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: May 24, 2022, Modified: June 29, 2022

References

https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5211
Published: 2021-07-22T04:25:31
Last Modified: 2024-08-03T15:55:18.526Z
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