2021-1091 | NVIDIA GPU Display Driver denial of service
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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in NVIDIA GPU Display Driver on Windows (Hardware Driver Software) (affected version not known). Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. Impacted is integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:
NVIDIA GPU Display driver for Windows contains a vulnerability where an unprivileged user can create a file hard link that causes the driver to overwrite a file that requires elevated privilege to modify, which could lead to data loss or denial of service.
The weakness was published 07/22/2021. The advisory is available at nvidia.custhelp.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2021-1091 since 11/12/2020. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. The successful exploitation needs a simple authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1499 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.
There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.4
VulDB Base Score: 5.4
VulDB Temp Score: 5.4
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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
ATT&CK: T1499
Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Status: Not defined
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11/12/2020 CVE assigned
07/22/2021 Advisory disclosed
07/22/2021 VulDB entry created
07/27/2021 VulDB last updateVendor: https://www.nvidia.com/
Advisory: nvidia.custhelp.com
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2021-1091 (🔒)
Created: 07/22/2021 13:01
Updated: 07/27/2021 06:47
Changes: (1) source_cve_cna
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