CVE-2020-0557: High severity intel proset/wireless wifi vulnerability

Published Apr 15, 2020
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Updated

Insecure inherited permissions in Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless WiFi products before version 21.70 on Windows 10 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.

Affected Software

14 affected components
Intel Proset\/wireless Wifi<21.70.0.6
Intel Wi-fi 6 Ax200
Intel Wi-fi 6 Ax201
Intel Wireless-ac 9260
Intel Wireless-ac 9461
Intel Wireless-ac 9462
Intel Wireless-ac 9560
Intel Proset\/wireless Wifi<20.70.16.4
Intel Dual Band Wireless-ac 8260
Intel Dual Band Wireless-ac 8265
Intel Proset\/wireless Wifi<19.51.27.1
Intel Dual Band Wireless-ac 3165
Intel Dual Band Wireless-ac 3168
Intel Dual Band Wireless-ac 7265 \(rev D\)

Event History

Apr 15, 2020
CVE Published
via MITRE·04:58 PM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·04:58 PM
DescriptionWeakness
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