Cyber Resilience

CVE-2023-42099

Intel Driver \& Support Assistant 23.3.25.6

Published
03 May 2024
Modified
12 August 2025
CVSS Score v3 7.8
Click a component to see what it means
Raw vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0031 24th percentile
Risk Priority 55 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2023-42099 is a high-severity Link Following (CWE-59) vulnerability in Intel Driver \& Support Assistant. Its CVSS base score is 7.8 (High).

Operationally, ranked at the 24th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

A01:2025 Broken Access Control

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

Intel Driver & Support Assistant Link Following Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of Intel Driver & Support Assistant. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on…

more

the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the DSA Service. By creating a symbolic link, an attacker can abuse the service to delete a file. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code in the context of SYSTEM. Was ZDI-CAN-21846.

CWE(s)
CWE-59

Related Threats

CVEs Like This One

CVE-2023-50197Same product: Intel Driver \& Support Assistant
CVE-2024-36294Same product: Intel Driver \& Support Assistant
CVE-2023-45743Same product: Intel Driver \& Support Assistant
CVE-2023-25073Same product: Intel Driver \& Support Assistant
CVE-2023-39425Same product: Intel Driver \& Support Assistant
CVE-2023-35062Same product: Intel Driver \& Support Assistant
CVE-2023-27515Same product: Intel Driver \& Support Assistant
CVE-2024-36488Same product: Intel Driver \& Support Assistant
CVE-2023-22330Same vendor: Intel
CVE-2023-22848Same vendor: Intel

Affected Assets

intel
driver \& support assistant
23.3.25.6

Mitigating Controls

Control response

Prevent
Stop it (NIST 800-53)

—

Detect
Catch it (NIST detect / respond)

—

Harden
Shrink the surface (DISA STIG)

—

Validate
Prove the fix (OWASP ASVS)
  • V15.4.2

Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

PR.PS-06 mostly match
prevents

Secure SDLC practices directly require code to validate paths and avoid unsafe link following.

Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

A.8.29 Security testing in development and acceptance mostly match
detects

Security testing can detect link-following flaws before release.

A.8.25 Secure development life cycle partial match
prevents

Secure SDLC practices can mandate link-resolution checks and canonicalization before file access.

A.8.26 Application security requirements partial match
prevents

Application security requirements can explicitly require safe handling of symbolic links and path traversal.

A.8.27 Secure system architecture and engineering principles partial match
prevents

Secure architecture principles include input validation and safe file-access design patterns.

A.8.28 Secure coding partial match
prevents

Secure coding standards directly address canonicalization and symlink attacks during implementation.

A.8.3 Information access restriction none match
none

Access-control rules can limit which files are reachable, reducing exposure to malicious links.

References