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 delete a file. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code in the context of SYSTEM. Was ZDI-CAN-21846.
History

Tue, 12 Aug 2025 20:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Intel driver \& Support Assistant
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:intel:driver_\&_support_assistant:23.3.25.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Intel driver \& Support Assistant

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: zdi

Published: 2024-05-03T02:13:11.158Z

Updated: 2024-08-15T15:50:14.641Z

Reserved: 2023-09-06T21:14:24.432Z

Link: CVE-2023-42099

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T19:16:50.384Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-05-03T03:15:47.313

Modified: 2025-08-12T19:57:02.950

Link: CVE-2023-42099

cve-icon Redhat

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