Local privilege escalation via uncontrolled search path
Published Nov 14, 2023 · Updated Jun 11, 2025
Uncontrolled search path handling in Intel Server Information Retrieval Utility before 16.0.9 allows local users to gain privileges. Intel identifies an uncontrolled search path element but does not disclose the affected executable, lookup sequence, or untrusted path source. Exploitation requires local low-privileged access, high-complexity conditions, and user interaction, and successful exploitation grants elevated privileges.
Summary
What happened
Uncontrolled search path handling in Intel Server Information Retrieval Utility before 16.0.9 allows local users to gain privileges. Intel identifies an uncontrolled search path element but does not disclose the affected executable, lookup sequence, or untrusted path source. Exploitation requires local low-privileged access, high-complexity conditions, and user interaction, and successful exploitation grants elevated privileges.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2023-27513
- Published
- Nov 14, 2023
- Updated
- Jun 11, 2025
- Vendor
- Topcon Positioning Systems, Inc.
- Product
- Intel Server Information Retrieval Utility (SysInfo)
- Classifications
- CWE-427, T1574
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Nov 14, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jun 11, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=before version 16.0.9
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