CVE-2022-21181 (GCVE-0-2022-21181)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2022-08-18 00:00
Modified
2025-05-05 16:36
Severity ?
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • escalation of privilege
Summary
Improper input validation for some Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless WiFi and Killer(TM) WiFi products may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless WiFi and Killer(TM) WiFi products Version: See references
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