CVE-2016-5852
For the NVIDIA Quadro, NVS, and GeForce products, GFE GameStream and NVTray Plugin unquoted service path vulnerabilities are examples of…
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- nvidia
Description
For the NVIDIA Quadro, NVS, and GeForce products, GFE GameStream and NVTray Plugin unquoted service path vulnerabilities are examples of the unquoted service path vulnerability in Windows. A successful exploit of a vulnerable service installation can enable malicious code to execute on the system at the system/user privilege level. The CVE-2016-5852 ID is for the NVTray Plugin unquoted service path.
Timeline
ID reserved
By nvidia
- 4 months later
· 4 months later
Published
- 8 years later
· 8 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.39% · top 67% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Weakness
- Escalation of Privileges
Affected products
Quadro, NVS, GeForce (all versions)
- affected Quadro, NVS, GeForce (all versions)
References (3)
- http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4213 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/ps500070 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 93251 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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