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Local privilege escalation by file manipulation in NVIDIA Installer for Windows

NVIDIA Installer for Windows contains a vulnerability where an attacker may be able to escalate privileges.


The vulnerability is caused by incorrect file access permissions on a directory where a driver component is extracted and executed by a privileged process. The directory is writable to users with normal permissions.


Affected versions by driver branch:



  • R575 All driver versions prior to 577.00

  • R570 All driver versions prior to 573.48

  • R535 All driver versions prior to 539.41



ID: WITH-ZD-2025-0003
Other IDs: CVE-2025-23276
Application Detailed Category: installer
Application Super Category: local_service
CVSS v3: CVSS:AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Preconditions Needed For Attacker: local_user_level_access_required
References: https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5670
Version: 1.0