Vulnerability CVE-2021-1118

Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2021-1118 (CCN-212553)

Assigned:

2020-11-12

Published:

2021-10-28

Updated:

2022-09-20

Summary:

NVIDIA vGPU software contains a vulnerability in the Virtual GPU Manager (vGPU plugin), where there is the potential to execute privileged operations by the guest OS, which may lead to information disclosure, data tampering, escalation of privileges, and denial of service

CVSS v3 Severity:

7.8 High (CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
6.8 Medium (Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)

Exploitability Metrics:	Attack Vector (AV): Local Attack Complexity (AC): Low Privileges Required (PR): Low User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:	Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): High Integrity (I): High Availibility (A): High

7.8 High (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
6.8 Medium (CCN Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)

Exploitability Metrics:	Attack Vector (AV): Local Attack Complexity (AC): Low Privileges Required (PR): Low User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:	Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): High Integrity (I): High Availibility (A): High

CVSS v2 Severity:

4.6 Medium (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Local Access Complexity (AC): Low Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): Partial Integrity (I): Partial Availibility (A): Partial

6.8 Medium (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Local Access Complexity (AC): Low Athentication (Au): Single_Instance
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): Complete Integrity (I): Complete Availibility (A): Complete

Vulnerability Type:

CWE-269

Vulnerability Consequences:

Gain Privileges

References:

Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2021-1118

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
nvidia-cve20211118-priv-esc(212553)

Source: CCN
Type: NVIDIA Security Bulletin Answer ID 5230
NVIDIA GPU Display Driver - October 2021

Source: CONFIRM
Type: Vendor Advisory
https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5230

Vulnerable Configuration:

Configuration 1:

cpe:/a:nvidia:virtual_gpu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version >= 13.0 and < 13.1)

OR cpe:/a:nvidia:virtual_gpu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version >= 12.0 and < 12.4)

OR cpe:/a:nvidia:virtual_gpu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version >= 11.0 and < 11.6)

OR cpe:/a:nvidia:virtual_gpu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version >= 8.0 and < 8.9)

Denotes that component is vulnerable

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