CVE-2023-27391 Privilege escalation in Intel(R) oneAPI Toolkit and component software installers

Medium 6.7 Published Updated

A privileged local user can escalate privileges due to improper access control in Intel oneAPI Toolkit installers.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
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An administrator
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2023-27391?

CVE-2023-27391 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Intel(R) oneAPI Toolkit and component software installers, published on 11 Aug 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Improper access control in some Intel(R) oneAPI Toolkit and component software installers before version 4.3.1.493 may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.

Weakness: CWE-284

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-27391?

It affects 29 products.

Products include Intel Advisor for Oneapi, Intel Cpu Runtime for Opencl Applications, Intel Distribution for Python Programming Language, Intel Dpc\+\+ Compatibility Tool, Intel Embree Ray Tracing Kernel Library, Intel Fortran Compiler and 23 more.

How do I fix CVE-2023-27391?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-27391 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2023-27391 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-27391 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-vcwv-3m76-7vfq.

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