CVE-2021-33115 (GCVE-0-2021-33115)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2022-02-09 22:04
Modified
2025-05-05 16:49
Severity ?
8.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/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 in UEFI may allow an unauthenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via adjacent access.
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless WiFi in UEFI Version: See references
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