CVE-2021-23223 (GCVE-0-2021-23223)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2022-08-18 00:00
Modified
2025-05-05 16:54
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- escalation of privilege
Summary
Improper initialization 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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