CVE-2016-3161

high

Description

For the NVIDIA Quadro, NVS, and GeForce products, GFE GameStream and NVTray Plugin unquoted service path vulnerabilities are examples of the unquoted service path vulnerability in Windows. A successful exploit of a vulnerable service installation can enable malicious code to execute on the system at the system/user privilege level. The CVE-2016-3161 ID is for the GameStream unquoted service path.

References

https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/ps500070

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93251

http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4213

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2016-11-08

Updated: 2016-12-15

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High