# CVE-2021-23152: Privilege escalation in Intel(R) Advisor software

> An authenticated local user can escalate privileges in Intel Advisor software due to improper access control.

- **Severity:** High 7.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 9 Feb 2022
- **Updated:** 5 May 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-f93v-wg8w-fhm3

## What is CVE-2021-23152?

CVE-2021-23152 is a high-severity vulnerability in Intel(R) Advisor software, published on 9 Feb 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Improper access control in the Intel(R) Advisor software before version 2021.2 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-23152?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Intel Advisor.

## How do I fix CVE-2021-23152?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-23152 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2021-23152 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-23152 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Intel(R) Advisor software

- [CVE-2023-35121](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-35121/): Privilege escalation in Intel(R) oneAPI DPC++/C++ Compiler software (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2022-21128](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-21128/): Privilege escalation in Intel(R) Advisor software (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2021-33129](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-33129/): Privilege escalation in Intel(R) Advisor (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2023-24592](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-24592/): Path traversal in Intel(R) oneAPI Toolkits and Component software (high 7.3)
- [CVE-2017-5682](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-5682/): Privilege escalation in Intel Parallel Studio XE, Intel System Studio, Intel VTune Amplifier, Intel Inspector, Intel Advisor, Intel MPI Library, Intel Trace Analyzer and Collector, Intel Integrated Performance Primitives, Cryptography for Intel Integrated Performance Primitives, Intel Math Kernel Library, Intel Data Analytics Acceleration Library, Intel Threading Building Blocks Before 2017 Update 2 (high 7.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2021-23152 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2021-23152 is a high-severity vulnerability in Intel(R) Advisor software, published on 9 Feb 2022. 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-2021-23152 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Intel(R) Advisor software. 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-2021-23152/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-23152/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-23152
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-23152
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-23152

---
From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-23152/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.