Local privilege escalation via installer search path
Published Feb 10, 2026 · Updated Feb 10, 2026
Uncontrolled search path in Intel VTune Profiler and oneAPI Base Toolkit before 2025.0 allows local users to escalate privileges. An affected installer searches a fixed path containing an attacker-writable location and can load attacker-controlled code; Intel has not disclosed the installer, resource name, or path element. Exploitation requires an authenticated local user, high-complexity conditions, active user interaction, and present attack requirements, after which the code gains elevated privileges.
Summary
What happened
Uncontrolled search path in Intel VTune Profiler and oneAPI Base Toolkit before 2025.0 allows local users to escalate privileges. An affected installer searches a fixed path containing an attacker-writable location and can load attacker-controlled code; Intel has not disclosed the installer, resource name, or path element. Exploitation requires an authenticated local user, high-complexity conditions, active user interaction, and present attack requirements, after which the code gains elevated privileges.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-20106
- Published
- Feb 10, 2026
- Updated
- Feb 10, 2026
- Vendor
- Unknown vendor
- Product
- Unknown product
- Classifications
- CWE-427, CAPEC-38, CAPEC-471, T1574.008
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Feb 10, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Feb 10, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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