Local privilege escalation via driver permissions
Published Feb 9, 2022 · Updated May 5, 2025
Improper permissions in Intel Quartus Prime Standard Edition before 21.1 allow authenticated users local privilege escalation. The SafeNet Sentinel driver applies permissions that expose privileged driver operations to authenticated local users. Exploitation requires local access and an authenticated account, with potential compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Summary
What happened
Improper permissions in Intel Quartus Prime Standard Edition before 21.1 allow authenticated users local privilege escalation. The SafeNet Sentinel driver applies permissions that expose privileged driver operations to authenticated local users. Exploitation requires local access and an authenticated account, with potential compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2022-21203
- Published
- Feb 9, 2022
- Updated
- May 5, 2025
- Vendor
- Topcon Positioning Systems, Inc.
- Product
- Intel Quartus Prime Standard Edition
- Classifications
- CWE-281, T1068
- 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 21.1
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