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CVE-2018-6261 (GCVE-0-2018-6261)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-10-02 17:00 – Updated: 2024-09-17 02:06
VLAI
Summary
NVIDIA GeForce Experience prior to 3.15 contains a vulnerability when GameStream is enabled which sets incorrect permissions on a file, which may to code execution, denial of service, or escalation of privileges by users with system access.
Severity
7.0 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • Code execution, denial of service, or escalation of privileges
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Nvidia Corporation GeForce Experience Affected: 3.15
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Date Public
2018-09-27 00:00
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