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CVE-2022-41979
Protection mechanism failure in the Intel(R) DCM software before version 5.1 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable…
Medium5.4EPSS 0.59%
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- intel
Description
Protection mechanism failure in the Intel(R) DCM software before version 5.1 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via network access.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| intelCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium5.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.59% · top 52% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.4.
Weakness
- escalation of privilege
- CWE-693: Protection mechanism failure (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-693 and its CVEs
Affected products
Intel(R) DCM software
- affected before version 5.1
References (1)
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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