#VU79532 Untrusted search path in Intel products - CVE-2023-28823

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Published: 2023-08-15

Vulnerability identifier: #VU79532

Vulnerability risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 4.4 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-28823

CWE-ID: CWE-426

Exploitation vector: Local

Exploit availability: No

Vendor: Intel

Description

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to usage of an untrusted search path. A local user can place a malicious binary into a specific location on the system and execute arbitrary code with escalated privileges.

Mitigation
Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Intel Advisor for oneAPI: before 2023.1

Intel CPU Runtime for OpenCL Applications: before 2023.1

Intel Distribution for Python programming language: before 2023.1

Intel DPC++ Compatibility Tool: before 2023.1

Intel Embree Ray Tracing Kernel Library: before 2023.1

Intel Fortran Compiler: before 2023.1

Intel Implicit SPMD Program Compiler: before 1.19.1

Intel Inspector for oneAPI: before 2023.1

Intel Integrated Performance Primitives: before 2021.8

Intel IPP Cryptography: before 2021.7.0

MPI Library: before 2021.9

Intel oneAPI Base Toolkit: before 2023.1

Intel oneAPI Data Analytics Library: before 2023.1

Intel oneAPI Deep Neural Network Library: before 2023.1

Intel oneAPI DPC++/C++ Compiler: before 2023.1

Intel oneAPI DPC++ Library (oneDPL): before 2022.1

Intel oneAPI HPC Toolkit: before 2023.1

Intel oneAPI IoT Toolkit: before 2023.1

Intel oneAPI Math Kernel Library: before 2023.1

Intel oneAPI Rendering Toolkit: before 2023.1

Intel oneAPI Threading Building Blocks: before 2021.9.0

Intel oneAPI Video Processing Library: before 2023.1

Intel Open Image Denoise: before 1.4.3

Intel Open Volume Kernel Library: before 2023.1

Intel OSPRay: before 2023.1

Intel OSPRay Studio: before 2023.1

Intel Trace Analyzer and Collector: before 2021.9.0

Intel VTune Profiler for oneAPI: before 2023.1

Intel oneAPI Toolkits: before 2023.1.0

External links
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00890.html

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

Latest bulletins with this vulnerability

Multiple vulnerabilities in Enterprise Manager Base Platform

Multiple vulnerabilities in Communications Service Catalog and Design

Multiple vulnerabilities in Intel oneAPI Toolkit and Component software installers