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Nvidia Nsight Graphics < 2025.3 DLL Hijacking

medium Nessus Plugin ID 266461

Synopsis

Nvidia Nsight Graphics installed on remote Windows host is affected by a vulnerability

Description

The version of Nvidia Nsight Graphics installed on the remote Windows host is affected by a vulnerability in an ngfx component, where an attacker could cause a DLL highjacking attack. A successful exploit of this vulnerability may lead to code execution, escalation of privileges, data tampering, and denial of service.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to Nvidia Nsight Graphics version 2025.3 or later.

See Also

https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5704

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 266461

File Name: nvidia_nsight_graphics_2025_3.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 10/3/2025

Updated: 10/3/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-2335

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.7

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: x-cpe:/a:nvidia:nsight_graphics

Required KB Items: SMB/Registry/Enumerated, installed_sw/Nsight Graphics

Patch Publication Date: 10/1/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/1/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-2335

IAVA: 2025-A-0720