Insecure inherited permissions in some Intel HID Event Filter drivers for Windows 10 for some Intel NUC laptop software installers before v…

published 2024-01-19 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2023-42340

cvss: 6.7; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.1%; EPSS 0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 2%
public exploits: 0; none known

Insecure inherited permissions in some Intel HID Event Filter drivers for Windows 10 for some Intel NUC laptop software installers before version 2.2.2.1 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: total
Assessed: 2 y ago (2024-01-23)

Exploit prediction

0.13% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 2% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	6.7	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	3.1	7.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

n/a Intel HID Event Filter drivers for Windows 10 for some Intel NUC laptop software installers

Classification

Weakness

CWE-277 Insecure Inherited Permissions
CWE-732 Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

References

intel.com /content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00964.html
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2023-38541
NVD CVE-2023-38541

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Summary