Privilege Escalation via Local Access in Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless Wi-Fi and Killer(TM) Wi-Fi Firmware

Privilege Escalation via Local Access in Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless Wi-Fi and Killer(TM) Wi-Fi Firmware

CVE-2021-0166 · MEDIUM Severity

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor in firmware for some Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless Wi-Fi in multiple operating systems and some Killer(TM) Wi-Fi in Windows 10 and 11 may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.

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