Intel VTune Profiler up to 2024.2.0 improper authentication

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Intel VTune Profiler and classified as critical. This impacts an unknown function. The manipulation leads to improper authentication. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2025-20056. The attack needs to be performed locally. There is not any exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Intel VTune Profiler. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authentication vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-287. When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct. Impacted is integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Improper input validation for some Intel VTune Profiler before version 2025.1 within Ring 3: User Applications may allow an escalation of privilege. Unprivileged software adversary with an authenticated user combined with a low complexity attack may enable data manipulation. This result may potentially occur via local access when attack requirements are not present without special internal knowledge and requires no user interaction. The potential vulnerability may impact the confidentiality (none), integrity (low) and availability (low) of the vulnerable system, resulting in subsequent system confidentiality (none), integrity (none) and availability (none) impacts.

The advisory is shared at intel.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-20056 since 03/27/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

Upgrading to version 2025.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.3

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Improper authentication
CWE: CWE-287
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: VTune Profiler 2025.1

Timelineinfo

03/27/2025 CVE reserved
11/11/2025 +229 days Advisory disclosed
11/11/2025 +0 days VulDB entry created
11/11/2025 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: intel.com

Advisory: intel-sa-01355
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-20056 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-20056
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-331901

Entryinfo

Created: 11/11/2025 18:51
Changes: 11/11/2025 18:51 (76)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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