High severity · published Aug 12, 2025
CVE-2025-20074
Time-of-check Time-of-use race condition for some Intel(R) Connectivity Performance Suite software installers before version 40.24.11210 may allow an authenticated user to…
7.8
CVSS
0.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Time-of-check Time-of-use race condition for some Intel(R) Connectivity Performance Suite software installers before version 40.24.11210 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)0.1% · higher than 2% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
IC
Intel(R) Connectivity Performance Suite software installers ·
before version 40.24.11210 · source: vendor
Affected product
IC
Intel(R) Connectivity Performance Suite software installers
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-20074
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-20074
intel.com
https://intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-01286.html
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