CVE-2021-1091

HIGH

NVIDIA GPU Display Driver - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5211

Scores

CVSS v3 7.1
EPSS 0.0011
EPSS Percentile 29.6%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-59
Status published
Products (1)
nvidia/gpu_display_driver 427.33 - 427.48
Published Jul 22, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026