Local privilege escalation via uncontrolled installer search path
Published May 13, 2025 · Updated Feb 26, 2026
Uncontrolled search path handling in Intel Network Adapter Driver installers before 29.4 allows local users to escalate privileges. The installers include an attacker-writable location in a resource search path, but Intel has not identified the executable, library, or path involved. Exploitation requires low privileges, active user interaction, and additional attack conditions, and successful execution can compromise host confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Summary
What happened
Uncontrolled search path handling in Intel Network Adapter Driver installers before 29.4 allows local users to escalate privileges. The installers include an attacker-writable location in a resource search path, but Intel has not identified the executable, library, or path involved. Exploitation requires low privileges, active user interaction, and additional attack conditions, and successful execution can compromise host confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-20108
- Published
- May 13, 2025
- Updated
- Feb 26, 2026
- Vendor
- Topcon Positioning Systems, Inc.
- Product
- Intel Network Adapter Driver for Microsoft Windows 11
- Classifications
- CWE-427, T1574
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- May 13, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Feb 26, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=before version 29.4
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