CVE-2025-33030
Improper Conditions Check in Intel NPU Driver Enables Privilege Escalation
Publication date: 2026-02-10
Last updated on: 2026-02-10
Assigner: Intel Corporation
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Affected Vendors & Products
| Vendor | Product | Version / Range |
|---|---|---|
| intel | npu_drivers | * |
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Exploitability
| CWE ID | Description |
|---|---|
| CWE-754 | The product does not check or incorrectly checks for unusual or exceptional conditions that are not expected to occur frequently during day to day operation of the product. |
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Can you explain this vulnerability to me?
This vulnerability is due to improper conditions checking in some firmware for certain Intel NPU Drivers within Ring 3, which is the user application level.
An unprivileged software adversary who is an authenticated user can exploit this vulnerability with a low complexity attack to escalate their privileges.
The attack requires local access, no special internal knowledge, and no user interaction.
The vulnerability may enable data corruption.
How can this vulnerability impact me? :
The vulnerability can impact the integrity of the system by potentially allowing data corruption.
It does not impact confidentiality or availability.
The impact requires local access and an authenticated user with low complexity attack methods.
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