Local privilege escalation via uncontrolled search path
Published Feb 9, 2022 · Updated May 5, 2025
Uncontrolled search path handling in Intel Graphics Performance Analyzers before 21.2 allows local users to gain elevated privileges. Intel has not identified the affected executable, the searched resource, or how attacker-controlled path content is selected and loaded. Exploitation requires local authenticated access, high-complexity conditions, and user interaction, and can compromise confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Summary
What happened
Uncontrolled search path handling in Intel Graphics Performance Analyzers before 21.2 allows local users to gain elevated privileges. Intel has not identified the affected executable, the searched resource, or how attacker-controlled path content is selected and loaded. Exploitation requires local authenticated access, high-complexity conditions, and user interaction, and can compromise confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2021-33101
- Published
- Feb 9, 2022
- Updated
- May 5, 2025
- Vendor
- Topcon Positioning Systems, Inc.
- Product
- Intel Graphics Performance Analyzers
- Classifications
- T1574
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Feb 9, 2022CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- May 5, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=before version 21.2
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