CVE-2025-20612

Authenticated privilege escalation via incorrect execution permissions

Published May 13, 2025 · Updated Feb 26, 2026

Incorrect execution-assigned permissions in Intel Edge Orchestrator before 24.11 allow remote authenticated users to escalate privileges. Intel has not disclosed the affected component or the operation that assigns execution permissions incorrectly. Exploitation requires low-privileged authentication and adjacent network access, and successful abuse can affect data confidentiality, integrity, and service availability.

CVSS severity5.5
Medium
EPSS probability0.22%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Incorrect execution-assigned permissions in Intel Edge Orchestrator before 24.11 allow remote authenticated users to escalate privileges. Intel has not disclosed the affected component or the operation that assigns execution permissions incorrectly. Exploitation requires low-privileged authentication and adjacent network access, and successful abuse can affect data confidentiality, integrity, and service availability.

The record

CVE
CVE-2025-20612
Published
May 13, 2025
Updated
Feb 26, 2026
Vendor
Topcon Positioning Systems, Inc.
Product
Intel Tiber Edge Platform - Edge Orchestrator
Classifications
CWE-279
Attack vector
adjacent
Privileges
authenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. May 13, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Feb 26, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectoradjacent
Required privilegesauthenticated

What is affected?

Topcon Positioning Systems, Inc. · Intel Tiber Edge Platform - Edge Orchestratorversion=See references

Published CVSS scores

5.1IntelCVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
5.5IntelCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

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Attacks

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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)
Vectoradjacent
Privilegesauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-279Incorrect Execution-Assigned Permissions

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