CVE-2021-1092 Vulnerability Details

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CVE-2021-1092 Metadata Quick Info

CVE Published: 22/07/2021 | CVE Updated: 03/08/2024 | CVE Year: 2021
Source: nvidia | Vendor: NVIDIA | Product: NVIDIA GPU Display Driver
Status : PUBLISHED

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CVE-2021-1092 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.

Metrics

CVSS Version: 3.1 | Base Score: 7.1 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

l➤ Exploitability Metrics:
    Attack Vector (AV)* LOCAL
    Attack Complexity (AC)* LOW
    Privileges Required (PR)* LOW
    User Interaction (UI)* NONE
    Scope (S)* UNCHANGED

l➤ Impact Metrics:
    Confidentiality Impact (C)* NONE
    Integrity Impact (I)* HIGH
    Availability Impact (A)* HIGH

Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

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CWE Name: denial of service, data tampering
Source: NVIDIA

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Source: NVD (National Vulnerability Database).