Local privilege escalation via uncontrolled search path
Published Nov 11, 2022 · Updated Jan 29, 2025
Uncontrolled search path in Intel VTune Profiler before 2022.2.0 allows local users to escalate privileges through local access. Intel has not disclosed the executable, library, or search-order operation that consumes the attacker-controlled path element. Exploitation requires an authenticated low-privileged local user, high-complexity conditions, and user interaction, and can compromise host data and execution.
Summary
What happened
Uncontrolled search path in Intel VTune Profiler before 2022.2.0 allows local users to escalate privileges through local access. Intel has not disclosed the executable, library, or search-order operation that consumes the attacker-controlled path element. Exploitation requires an authenticated low-privileged local user, high-complexity conditions, and user interaction, and can compromise host data and execution.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2022-26028
- Published
- Nov 11, 2022
- Updated
- Jan 29, 2025
- Vendor
- Topcon Positioning Systems, Inc.
- Product
- Intel VTune Profiler
- Classifications
- CWE-427, T1574
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Nov 11, 2022CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jan 29, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=before version 2022.2.0
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