CVE-2023-50197

published 2024-05-03

CVE-2023-50197: Intel Driver & Support Assistant Link Following Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on…

Priority P3 42 high 7.8 CVSS 3.0

AV L AC L PR L UI N S U C H I H A H

Intel Driver & Support Assistant Link Following Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of Intel Driver & Support Assistant. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability.

The specific flaw exists within the DSA Service. By creating a symbolic link, an attacker can abuse the service to write a file. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code in the context of SYSTEM. Was ZDI-CAN-21845.

Affected

1 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
intel	driver_support_assistant	—	—

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