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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Intel GPA Software. This affects an unknown part. The manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2023-40071. Attacking locally is a requirement. There is no exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Intel GPA Software. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-284. The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Improper access control in some Intel(R) GPA software installers before version 2023.3 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.

The advisory is shared for download at intel.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2023-40071 since 10/12/2023. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

Upgrading to version 2023.3 eliminates this vulnerability.

If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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• Intel

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• GPA Software

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• commercial

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