CVE-2022-40972 — Improper Access Control in Intel Quickassist Technology

CWE-284 — Improper Access Control3 documents3 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
CNA6.7
EPSS
0.1%
top 70.82%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
Intel Quickassist Technology
Timeline
PublishedMay 10

Description

Improper access control in some Intel(R) QAT drivers for Windows before version 1.9.0 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages1 packages

Patches

Patch: www.intel.com ↗Patch: www.intel.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-mjqx-jjhg-mfxj: Improper access control in some Intel(R) QAT drivers for Windows before version 1↗2023-05-10
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CVEList
CVE-2022-40972: Improper access control in some Intel(R) QAT drivers for Windows before version 1↗2023-05-10
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