CVE-2021-33129 Privilege escalation in Intel(R) Advisor
An authenticated local user can escalate privileges due to incorrect default permissions in the Intel Advisor software installer.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2021-33129?
CVE-2021-33129 is a high-severity vulnerability in Intel(R) Advisor, 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
Incorrect default permissions in the software installer for the Intel(R) Advisor before version 2021.4.0 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.
Weakness: CWE-276
Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-33129?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Intel Advisor.
How do I fix CVE-2021-33129?
No fix has been published for CVE-2021-33129 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2021-33129 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-33129 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Intel(R) Advisor
- CVE-2023-35121 Privilege escalation in Intel(R) oneAPI DPC++/C++ Compiler software
- CVE-2022-21128 Privilege escalation in Intel(R) Advisor software
- CVE-2021-23152 Privilege escalation in Intel(R) Advisor software
- CVE-2023-24592 Path traversal in Intel(R) oneAPI Toolkits and Component software
- 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
Sources
Also known as GHSA-pcmx-5p42-42cx.