Local privilege escalation via uncontrolled search path
Published Feb 14, 2024 · Updated Aug 9, 2024
Uncontrolled search path in Intel MPI Library before 2021.11 allows local users to escalate privileges through local access. Intel has not disclosed the affected executable or library, the searched path, or the unsafe path-resolution operation. Exploitation requires low-privileged local access, high-complexity conditions, and user interaction before privilege escalation occurs.
Summary
What happened
Uncontrolled search path in Intel MPI Library before 2021.11 allows local users to escalate privileges through local access. Intel has not disclosed the affected executable or library, the searched path, or the unsafe path-resolution operation. Exploitation requires low-privileged local access, high-complexity conditions, and user interaction before privilege escalation occurs.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2023-41091
- Published
- Feb 14, 2024
- Updated
- Aug 9, 2024
- Vendor
- Topcon Positioning Systems, Inc.
- Product
- Intel MPI Library
- Classifications
- CWE-427, T1068
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Feb 14, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 9, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=before version 2021.11
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