Local privilege escalation via uncontrolled search path
Published Aug 12, 2025 · Updated Feb 26, 2026
Uncontrolled search path in Intel oneAPI DPC++/C++ Compiler before 2025.0.1 allows local users to escalate privileges. Intel has not published the affected executable, searched resource, or path-resolution operation that accepts an attacker-controlled location. Exploitation requires local low-privileged access, specific attack conditions, and active user interaction; success grants elevated privileges on the host.
Summary
What happened
Uncontrolled search path in Intel oneAPI DPC++/C++ Compiler before 2025.0.1 allows local users to escalate privileges. Intel has not published the affected executable, searched resource, or path-resolution operation that accepts an attacker-controlled location. Exploitation requires local low-privileged access, specific attack conditions, and active user interaction; success grants elevated privileges on the host.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-20627
- Published
- Aug 12, 2025
- Updated
- Feb 26, 2026
- Vendor
- Topcon Positioning Systems, Inc.
- Product
- Intel oneAPI DPC++/C++ Compiler
- Classifications
- CWE-427
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Aug 12, 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 2025.0.1
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