CVE-2021-1092 HIGH

CVE-2021-1092

Vendor Nvidia
Product NVIDIA GPU Display Driver
Published July 22, 2021
Last update August 3, 2024

CVSS base score

7.1/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality None
Integrity High

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

July 22, 2021 CVE published
August 3, 2024 Record updated