Insecure inherited permissions in the Intel Unite(R) Client for Windows before version 4.2.25031 may allow an authenticated user to potenti…

published 2021-06-09 5y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2021-2721

cvss: 7.8; version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.2%; EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 11%
public exploits: 0; none known

Insecure inherited permissions in the Intel Unite(R) Client for Windows before version 4.2.25031 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable an escalation of privilege via local access.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

intel unite 4.2.25031

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Exploit prediction

0.22% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 11% 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 Unite(R) Client for Windows

Classification

Weakness

CWE-732 Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

References

intel.com /content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00506.html
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2021-0102
NVD CVE-2021-0102

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