Local privilege escalation via unquoted search path
Published Nov 11, 2025 · Updated Nov 11, 2025
Unquoted search path in Intel SoC Thermal IPF Extension Provider before 03.03.1002 allows local users to escalate privileges. The PRI Driver launches a Ring 3 user application through an unquoted search path, allowing Windows to resolve an unintended executable from a parent path. Exploitation requires low local privileges, active user interaction, high complexity, and additional attack conditions, and can compromise the vulnerable system's confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Summary
What happened
Unquoted search path in Intel SoC Thermal IPF Extension Provider before 03.03.1002 allows local users to escalate privileges. The PRI Driver launches a Ring 3 user application through an unquoted search path, allowing Windows to resolve an unintended executable from a parent path. Exploitation requires low local privileges, active user interaction, high complexity, and additional attack conditions, and can compromise the vulnerable system's confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-32449
- Published
- Nov 11, 2025
- Updated
- Nov 11, 2025
- Vendor
- Topcon Positioning Systems, Inc.
- Product
- Intel SoC Thermal IPF Extension Provider
- Classifications
- CWE-428, T1574.009
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Nov 11, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Nov 11, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=before version 03.03.1002
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