# CVE-2023-41231: Privilege escalation in ACAT software maintained by Intel(R)

> An authenticated local user can escalate privileges due to incorrect default permissions in Intel ACAT software.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.7 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/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:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 14 Feb 2024
- **Updated:** 15 Aug 2024

## What is CVE-2023-41231?

CVE-2023-41231 is a medium-severity vulnerability in ACAT software maintained by Intel(R), published on 14 Feb 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Incorrect default permissions in some ACAT software maintained by Intel(R) before version 2.0.0 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.

Weakness: CWE-276 (Incorrect Default Permissions)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-41231?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Intel Assistive Context-Aware Toolkit.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-41231?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-41231 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-41231 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-41231 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-41231 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-41231 is a medium-severity vulnerability in ACAT software maintained by Intel(R), published on 14 Feb 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-41231 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: ACAT software maintained by Intel(R). 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-2023-41231/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-41231/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-41231
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-41231
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-41231

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-41231/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.