Intel HID Event Filter Driver prior 2.2.2.1 on Win10 insecure inherited permissions

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Intel HID Event Filter Driver on Win10. It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown part. The manipulation leads to insecure inherited permissions. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2023-38541. Local access is required to approach this attack. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Intel HID Event Filter Driver on Win10 (Hardware Driver Software) and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a insecure inherited permissions vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-277. A product defines a set of insecure permissions that are inherited by objects that are created by the program. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Insecure inherited permissions in some Intel HID Event Filter drivers for Windows 10 for some Intel NUC laptop software installers before version 2.2.2.1 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.

The weakness was disclosed 01/19/2024 as intel-sa-00964. It is possible to read the advisory at intel.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2023-38541 since 08/23/2023. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1222 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 2.2.2.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Insecure inherited permissions
CWE: CWE-277 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Partially

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: HID Event Filter Driver 2.2.2.1

Timelineinfo

08/23/2023 🔍
01/19/2024 +149 days 🔍
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02/15/2024 +27 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: intel.com

Advisory: intel-sa-00964
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-38541 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-38541
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-251627

Entryinfo

Created: 01/19/2024 22:14
Updated: 02/15/2024 17:04
Changes: 01/19/2024 22:14 (50), 02/15/2024 17:04 (11)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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