Improper access control in the installer for some Intel(R) Iris(R) Xe MAX Dedicated Graphics Drivers for Windows 10 before version 27.20.10…

published 2021-11-17 4y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2021-2740

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 17%
public exploits: 0; none known

Improper access control in the installer for some Intel(R) Iris(R) Xe MAX Dedicated Graphics Drivers for Windows 10 before version 27.20.100.9466 may allow authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

intel iris_xe_max_dedicated_graphics 27.20.100.9466

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Exploit prediction

0.26% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 17% 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) Iris(R) Xe MAX Dedicated Graphics Drivers for Windows 10

References

intel.com /content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00566.html
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2021-0121
NVD CVE-2021-0121

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