Improper permissions in the installer for the Intel(R) Battery Life Diagnostic Tool before version 1.0.7 may allow an authenticated user to…

published 2020-11-12 5y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2020-4658

cvss: 7.8; version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.3%; EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 20%
public exploits: 0; none known

Improper permissions in the installer for the Intel(R) Battery Life Diagnostic Tool before version 1.0.7 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

intel battery_life_diagnostic_tool 1.0.7

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Exploit prediction

0.28% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 20% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.1	7.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	4.6	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

n/a Intel(R) Battery Life Diagnostic Tool

Classification

Weakness

CWE-276 Incorrect Default Permissions

References

intel.com /content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00431
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2020-12346
NVD CVE-2020-12346

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