CVE-2017-5683

HIGH

Intel Hardware Accelerated Execution Manager < 6.0.6 - Privilege Escalation via IntelHAXM.sys Driver

Title source: llm

Description

Privilege escalation in IntelHAXM.sys driver in the Intel Hardware Accelerated Execution Manager before version 6.0.6 allows a local user to gain system level access.

References (1)

Core 1

Core References

Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm

https://security-center.intel.com/advisory.aspx?intelid=INTEL-SA-00072&languageid=en-fr

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8

EPSS 0.0004

EPSS Percentile 13.8%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

Status published

Products (2)

intel/hardware_accelerated_execution_manager < 6.0.4

Intel/Intel Hardware Accelerated Execution Manager Before v6.0.6

Published Apr 04, 2017

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026