High severity · published Apr 15, 2020
CVE-2020-0557
Insecure inherited permissions in Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless WiFi products before version 21.70 on Windows 10 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of…
7.8
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Insecure inherited permissions in Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless WiFi products before version 21.70 on Windows 10 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:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 33% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
PW
Proset/wireless Wifi · Intel
before 21.70.0.6; before 20.70.16.4; before 19.51.27.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-0557
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-0557
Vendor Advisory
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00338.html
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