CVE-2024-32942

Local privilege escalation via installer permissions

Published Feb 12, 2025 · Updated Feb 18, 2025

Incorrect default permissions in the Intel Driver & Support Assistant installer before 24.2.19.5 allow local users to escalate privileges. The installer assigns overly permissive defaults to an undisclosed resource, and Intel has not identified the affected file, directory, or permission entry. Exploitation requires low-privileged local access, high-complexity conditions, and active user interaction; success grants elevated privileges.

CVSS severity5.4
Medium
EPSS probability0.17%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Incorrect default permissions in the Intel Driver & Support Assistant installer before 24.2.19.5 allow local users to escalate privileges. The installer assigns overly permissive defaults to an undisclosed resource, and Intel has not identified the affected file, directory, or permission entry. Exploitation requires low-privileged local access, high-complexity conditions, and active user interaction; success grants elevated privileges.

The record

CVE
CVE-2024-32942
Published
Feb 12, 2025
Updated
Feb 18, 2025
Vendor
Topcon Positioning Systems, Inc.
Product
Intel Driver & Support Assistant
Classifications
CWE-276
Attack vector
local
Privileges
authenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Feb 12, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Feb 18, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=before version 24.2.19.5

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectorlocal
Required privilegesauthenticated

What is affected?

Topcon Positioning Systems, Inc. · Intel Driver & Support Assistantversion=before version 24.2.19.5

Published CVSS scores

6.7Intel CorporationCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
5.4Intel CorporationCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
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Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectorlocal
Privilegesauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-276Incorrect Default Permissions

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