# CVE-2020-8765: Privilege escalation in Intel(R) RealSense(TM) DCM

> A local privileged user can escalate privileges due to incorrect default permissions in the Intel RealSense DCM installer.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.7 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 17 Feb 2021
- **Updated:** 4 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-jxv8-rxff-29g5

## What is CVE-2020-8765?

CVE-2020-8765 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Intel(R) RealSense(TM) DCM, published on 17 Feb 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Incorrect default permissions in the installer for the Intel(R) RealSense(TM) DCM may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.

Weakness: CWE-276 (Incorrect Default Permissions)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-8765?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Intel Realsense Depth Camera Manager.

## How do I fix CVE-2020-8765?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-8765 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2020-8765 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-8765 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Intel(R) RealSense(TM) DCM

- [CVE-2021-33119](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-33119/): Information disclosure in Intel(R) RealSense(TM) DCM (medium 5.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2020-8765 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2020-8765 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Intel(R) RealSense(TM) DCM, published on 17 Feb 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-8765 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Intel(R) RealSense(TM) DCM. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-8765/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-8765/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-8765
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-8765
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-8765

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