CVE-2021-0065 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in the Intel PROSet/Wireless WiFi software installer for Windows 10, affecting versions prior to 22.40. This flaw stems from incorrect default permissions, allowing an authenticated local user to potentially elevate their privileges. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), this vulnerability is relatively easy to exploit locally (AV:L, AC:L, PR:L) and could lead to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability (C:H, I:H, A:H). Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 22.40CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:intel:ax210_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 22.40CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:intel:ax201_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 22.40CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:intel:ax200_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 22.40CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:intel:ac_9560_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 22.40CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:intel:ac_9462_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
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