Authenticated local privilege escalation
Published May 12, 2022 · Updated May 5, 2025
Privilege escalation in Intel Advisor before version 7.6.0.37 allows local users to gain higher privileges via local access. Intel has not disclosed the specific control-flow locus or the unsafe operation on untrusted input. An authenticated local user must already have access to the host; the stated impact is elevation of privileges with potential confidentiality, integrity, and availability consequences.
Summary
What happened
Privilege escalation in Intel Advisor before version 7.6.0.37 allows local users to gain higher privileges via local access. Intel has not disclosed the specific control-flow locus or the unsafe operation on untrusted input. An authenticated local user must already have access to the host; the stated impact is elevation of privileges with potential confidentiality, integrity, and availability consequences.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2022-21128
- Published
- May 12, 2022
- Updated
- May 5, 2025
- Vendor
- Topcon Positioning Systems, Inc.
- Product
- Intel Advisor
- Classifications
- T1548
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- May 12, 2022CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- May 5, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=before version 7.6.0.37
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