Protection mechanism failure in the Intel(R) DCM software before version 5.1 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalati…

published 2023-05-10 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2022-45083

cvss: 5.4; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.6%; EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 48%
public exploits: 0; none known

Protection mechanism failure in the Intel(R) DCM software before version 5.1 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via network access.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1 links 1

intel data_center_manager 5.1

intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00806.… advisory

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 21 mo ago (2025-01-24)

Exploit prediction

0.59% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 48% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	5.4	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
NVD	3.1	8.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

n/a Intel(R) DCM software

Classification

Weakness

CWE-693 Protection Mechanism Failure

References

intel.com /content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00806.html
patch, vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2022-41979
NVD CVE-2022-41979

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Summary