CVE-2025-20104

Local privilege escalation via undisclosed race condition

Published May 13, 2025 · Updated May 14, 2025

A race condition in Intel Administrative Tools for Intel Network Adapters before 29.4 allows local users to elevate privileges via local access. Intel has not disclosed the affected component, shared resource, or incorrect operation that creates the concurrent execution window. Exploitation requires existing low-privileged local access, user interaction, and a concurrent condition that the attacker must arrange.

CVSS severity7.3
High
EPSS probability0.14%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Based on sourced intelligence
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Summary

What happened

A race condition in Intel Administrative Tools for Intel Network Adapters before 29.4 allows local users to elevate privileges via local access. Intel has not disclosed the affected component, shared resource, or incorrect operation that creates the concurrent execution window. Exploitation requires existing low-privileged local access, user interaction, and a concurrent condition that the attacker must arrange.

The record

CVE
CVE-2025-20104
Published
May 13, 2025
Updated
May 14, 2025
Vendor
Topcon Positioning Systems, Inc.
Product
Administrative Tools for Intel Network Adapters
Classifications
CWE-362, T1068
Attack vector
local
Privileges
authenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. May 13, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. May 14, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=before version 29.4

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectorlocal
Required privilegesauthenticated

What is affected?

Topcon Positioning Systems, Inc. · Administrative Tools for Intel Network Adaptersversion=before version 29.4

Published CVSS scores

7.3Intel CorporationCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
5.4Intel CorporationCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:P/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-362Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')
T1068Exploitation for Privilege Escalation

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