CVE-2022-42292 (GCVE-0-2022-42292)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-02-07 02:31 – Updated: 2025-03-25 14:45
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
NVIDIA GeForce Experience contains a vulnerability in the NVContainer component, where a 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.
Severity
5 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-03-25 14:45 UTC
CWE
- CWE-59 - Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')
Assigner
References
1 reference
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA | GeForce Experience |
Affected:
All versions prior to 3.27.0.112
|
guessed |
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