Privilege escalation vulnerability in Geforce Experience - CVE-2022-42292ID: oval:org.secpod.oval:def:87747 | Date: (C)2023-02-27 (M)2023-11-13 |
Class: VULNERABILITY | Family: windows |
The host is installed with Geforce Experience prior to 3.27.0.112 and is prone to a privilege escalation vulnerability. A flaw is present in the application, which fails to properly handle NVContainer component. On successful exploitation, user without administrator privileges can create a symbolic link to a file that requires elevated privileges to write to or modify, which may lead to denial of service, escalation of privilege or limited data tampering.
Platform: |
Microsoft Windows 10 |
Microsoft Windows 11 |
Microsoft Windows 7 |
Microsoft Windows 8.1 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2016 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2019 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2022 |
Product: |
Nvidia Geforce Experience |