NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver (June 2020)

high Nessus Plugin ID 138358

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Synopsis

The NVIDIA GPU display driver software on the remote Windows host is missing a security update. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

A display driver installed on the remote Windows host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities:

- A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the Control Panel component. An authenticated, local attacker can exploit this via corrupting a system file, to gain privileged access to the system or cause a denial of service condition. (CVE-2020-5962)

- A code execution vulnerability exists in the Inter Process Communication APIs due to improper access control. An authenticated, local attacker can exploit this issue to cause a denial of service condition, execute code or disclose potentially sensitive information. (CVE‑2020‑5963)

- A code execution vulnerability exists in the service host component, in which the application resources integrity check may be missed. An authenticated, local attacker can exploit this issue to cause a denial of service condition, execute code or disclose potentially sensitive information. (CVE‑2020‑5964)

- A denial of service vulnerability exists in the DirectX 11 user mode driver (nvwgf2um/x.dll). An authenticated, local attacker can exploit this via a specially crafted shader to cause an out of bounds access to cause a denial of service condition. (CVE‑2020‑5965)

- A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability exists in the kernel mode layer (nvlddmkm.sys) handler for DxgkDdiEscape. An authenticated, local attacker can exploit this to gain privilege access to the system or cause a denial of service condition. (CVE‑2020‑5966)

Solution

Upgrade the NVIDIA graphics driver in accordance with the vendor advisory.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 138358

File Name: nvidia_win_2020_06.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 7/10/2020

Updated: 4/5/2023

Configuration: Enable paranoid mode

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-5966

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:nvidia:gpu_driver

Required KB Items: Settings/ParanoidReport, WMI/DisplayDrivers/NVIDIA

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/7/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/7/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-5962, CVE-2020-5963, CVE-2020-5964, CVE-2020-5965, CVE-2020-5966

IAVA: 2020-A-0290-S

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