Privilege escalation via uncontrolled search path
Published May 10, 2023 · Updated Jan 24, 2025
Uncontrolled search path in Intel Wult before 1.0.0 allows remote attackers to gain elevated privileges through network access. Intel has not disclosed the affected executable or resource, or how attacker-controlled path content reaches the search operation. Exploitation requires user interaction but no prior authentication; Intel reports privilege escalation as the consequence.
Summary
What happened
Uncontrolled search path in Intel Wult before 1.0.0 allows remote attackers to gain elevated privileges through network access. Intel has not disclosed the affected executable or resource, or how attacker-controlled path content reaches the search operation. Exploitation requires user interaction but no prior authentication; Intel reports privilege escalation as the consequence.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2023-27298
- Published
- May 10, 2023
- Updated
- Jan 24, 2025
- Vendor
- Intel Corporation
- Product
- Wult
- Classifications
- CWE-428, CWE-427, T1068
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- May 10, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jan 24, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=before version 1.0.0 (commit id 592300b)
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