CVE-2021-1074

Severity: high (CVSS 7.3 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2021-04-21 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Windows installer contains a vulnerability where an attacker with local unprivileged system access may be able to replace an application resource with malicious files. This attack requires a user with system administration rights to execute the installer and requires the attacker to replace the files in a very short time window between file integrity validation and execution. Such an attack may lead to code execution, escalation of privileges, denial of service, and information disclosure.

Affected products

NVIDIA Guest driver: from 390 before 392.65 — fixed in 392.65

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: NVIDIA Guest driver 392.65. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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