Privilege escalation in NVIDIA GPU display driver for Windows and Linux

1) Input validation error

EUVDB-ID: #VU99272

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 5.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-0126

CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A local user can execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver: before 538.95

NVIDIA Linux GPU Display Driver: before 535.216.01

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:nvidia_windows_gpu_display_driver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:nvidia_linux_gpu_display_driver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5586

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?

The attacker would have to trick the victim to open a a specially crafted file.

The attacker would have to login to the system and perform certain actions in order to exploit this vulnerability.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.