CVE-2025-24842 Privilege escalation in Intel(R) System Support Utility
An uncontrolled search path allows local attackers to escalate privileges and execute code via a high-complexity attack requiring passive user interaction.
- 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
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-24842?
CVE-2025-24842 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Intel(R) System Support Utility, published on 11 Nov 2025. 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
Uncontrolled search path for the Intel(R) System Support Utility before version 4.1.0 within Ring 3: User Applications may allow an escalation of privilege. Unprivileged software adversary with a privileged user combined with a high complexity attack may enable local code execution. This result may potentially occur via local access when attack requirements are not present without special internal knowledge and requires passive user interaction. The potential vulnerability may impact the confidentiality (high), integrity (high) and availability (high) of the vulnerable system, resulting in subsequent system confidentiality (none), integrity (none) and availability (none) impacts.
Weakness: CWE-427
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-24842?
How do I fix CVE-2025-24842?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-24842 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-24842 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-24842 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-h2v4-hrmf-382j.