🛡️ CVE-2023-50197
🟠 CVSS 7.8 — High ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-59 NVD
7.8
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

Intel Driver & Support Assistant Link Following Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of Intel Driver & Support Assistant. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the DSA Service. By creating a symbolic link, an attacker can abuse the service to write a file. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code in the context of SYSTEM. Was ZDI-CAN-21845.

Details

Severity HIGH
CVSS Score 7.8
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE CWE-59
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2024-05-03
Updated 2026-06-08
Modified 2025-08-14
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
driver-\&-support-assistant — —

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