NvidiaNVIDIA:5076Security Bulletin: NVIDIA GeForce Experience - October 2020
7.8 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
4.6 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
28.2%
NVIDIA has released a software security update for NVIDIA® GeForce Experience™ software. This update addresses issues that may lead to denial of service, escalation of privileges, code execution, or information disclosure. To protect your system, download and install this software update from the GeForce Experience Downloads page or open the client to automatically apply the security update. >Go to NVIDIA Product Security.
Details
This section provides a summary of potential vulnerabilities and their impact that this security update addresses. Descriptions use CWE™, and base scores and vectors use CVSS v3.1 standards.
| CVE IDs | Description | Base Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVE‑2020‑5977 | NVIDIA GeForce Experience contains a vulnerability in NVIDIA Web Helper NodeJS Web Server in which an uncontrolled search path is used to load a node module, which may lead to code execution, denial of service, escalation of privileges, and information disclosure. | 8.2 | AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| CVE‑2020‑5990 | NVIDIA GeForce Experience contains a vulnerability in the ShadowPlay component which may lead to local privilege escalation, code execution, denial of service or information disclosure. | 7.3 | AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| CVE‑2020‑5978 | NVIDIA GeForce Experience contains a vulnerability in its services in which a folder is created by nvcontainer.exe under normal user login with LOCAL_SYSTEM privileges which may lead to a denial of service or escalation of privileges. |
3.2 | AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L |
The NVIDIA risk assessment is based on an average of risk across a diverse set of installed systems and may not represent the true risk to your local installation. NVIDIA recommends consulting a security or IT professional to evaluate the risk to your specific configuration.
Security Updates
The following table lists the NVIDIA software products affected, versions affected, and the updated version that includes this security update.
Download the updates from the GeForce Experience Downloads page or open the client to automatically apply the security update.
| CVE IDs Addressed | Software Product | Operating System | Affected Versions | Updated Version |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE‑2020‑5977 CVE‑2020‑5978 CVE‑2020‑5990 | GeForce Experience | Windows | All versions prior to 3.20.5.70 | 3.20.5.70 |
Mitigations
See Security Updates for the version to install.
Acknowledgements
NVIDIA thanks following individuals for reporting the issues:
- CVE‑2020‑5977: Xavier DANEST of Decathlon and Boris Ryutin
- CVE‑2020‑5978: Hashim Jawad of ACTIVELabs
- CVE‑2020‑5990: Hashim Jawad of ACTIVELabs
| CPE | Name | Operator | Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| geforce experience | lt | 3.20.5.70 |
Related
7.8 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
4.6 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
28.2%