CVE-2025-20079

Severity
5.4MEDIUM
EPSS
0.1%
top 82.57%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedMay 13

Description

Uncontrolled search path for some Intel(R) Advisor software may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.

CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Affected Packages3 packages

CVEListV5intel(r)_advisor_softwareSee references
NVDintel/advisor< 2024.2

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
CVEList
CVE-2025-20079: Uncontrolled search path for some Intel(R) Advisor software may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local ac2025-05-13
GHSA
GHSA-729f-rxmp-m7p8: Uncontrolled search path for some Intel(R) Advisor software may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local ac2025-05-13

📋Vendor Advisories

1
Microsoft
The autocmd feature in window.c in Vim before 8.1.2136 accesses freed memory.2019-12-10
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