Local privilege escalation via uncontrolled search path
Published Feb 14, 2024 · Updated Aug 16, 2024
Uncontrolled search path in Intel Thunderbolt DCH drivers for Windows before 88 allows local users to elevate privileges. Intel has not disclosed the affected file or function, the searched location, or how an attacker-controlled search-path element is consumed. Exploitation requires low local privileges and user interaction; success grants a higher-privileged security context with expanded access to protected data and system operations.
Summary
What happened
Uncontrolled search path in Intel Thunderbolt DCH drivers for Windows before 88 allows local users to elevate privileges. Intel has not disclosed the affected file or function, the searched location, or how an attacker-controlled search-path element is consumed. Exploitation requires low local privileges and user interaction; success grants a higher-privileged security context with expanded access to protected data and system operations.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2023-25779
- Published
- Feb 14, 2024
- Updated
- Aug 16, 2024
- Vendor
- Topcon Positioning Systems, Inc.
- Product
- Intel Thunderbolt DCH Driver
- Classifications
- CWE-427
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Feb 14, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 16, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=0 <88
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