Local privilege escalation via permissive installer permissions
Published Feb 12, 2025 · Updated Feb 13, 2025
Incorrect default permissions in Intel GPA and GPA Framework installers before 2024.3 allow local users to escalate privileges. The installers assign overly permissive access rights to unspecified installed resources, allowing lower-privileged users to alter content later consumed in a privileged context. Intel does not disclose the affected paths, the privileged consumer, or the required user interaction, so the exact escalation sequence remains unavailable.
Summary
What happened
Incorrect default permissions in Intel GPA and GPA Framework installers before 2024.3 allow local users to escalate privileges. The installers assign overly permissive access rights to unspecified installed resources, allowing lower-privileged users to alter content later consumed in a privileged context. Intel does not disclose the affected paths, the privileged consumer, or the required user interaction, so the exact escalation sequence remains unavailable.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-42419
- Published
- Feb 12, 2025
- Updated
- Feb 13, 2025
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- Unknown vendor
- Product
- Unknown product
- Classifications
- CWE-276
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Feb 12, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Feb 13, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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