GeForce Experience Installer Deletion Vuln (CVE-202242291)
CVE-2022-42291 Published on February 7, 2023

NVIDIA GeForce Experience contains a vulnerability in the installer, where a user installing the NVIDIA GeForce Experience software may inadvertently delete data from a linked location, which may lead to data tampering. An attacker does not have explicit control over the exploitation of this vulnerability, which requires the user to explicitly launch the installer from the compromised directory.

NVD

Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2022-42291 can be exploited with local system access, requires user interaction. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have no impact on confidentiality, a high impact on integrity and availability.

Attack Vector:
LOCAL
Attack Complexity:
LOW
Privileges Required:
NONE
User Interaction:
REQUIRED
Scope:
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact:
NONE
Integrity Impact:
HIGH
Availability Impact:
HIGH

Weakness Type

CWE-1386

Products Associated with CVE-2022-42291

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Affected Versions

NVIDIA GeForce Experience Version All versions prior to 3.27.0.112 is affected by CVE-2022-42291

Exploit Probability

EPSS
0.13%
Percentile
32.59%

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) scores estimate the probability that a vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days. The percentile shows you how this score compares to all other vulnerabilities.