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NVIDIA GeForce Experience contains a vulnerability in NVIDIA Web Helper.exe where a local web API endpoint, /VisualOPS/v.1.0./, lacks proper access control and parameter validation, allowing for information disclosure through a directory traversal attack.
CVSS Base Score: 7.4
CVSS Temporal Score: 6.6
CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:F/RL:O/RC:R
NVIDIA’s risk assessment is based on an average of risk across a diverse set of installed systems and may not represent the true risk of your local installation. NVIDIA recommends consulting a local security or IT professional to evaluate the risk of your specific configuration. NVIDIA doesn't know of any exploits to these issues at this time.
| Product | OS |
|---|---|
| GeForce Experience 3.x | Windows |
You can download the fixes from the NVIDIA GeForce Experience Download page.
| Product | Product Series | OS | Branch | First version that includes the fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GeForce Experience | All | Windows | R375 | GFE 3.1.0.52 |
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NVIDIA was informed of this issue by Oden Schmit.
| Revision | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1.0 | December 14, 2016 | Initial release |
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