Insufficient Control Flow Management in Intel Battery Life Diagnostic Tool - CVE-2022-36278
Published: February 27, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU72602
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-36278
CWE-ID: CWE-691
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient control flow management, which leads to security restrictions bypass and privilege escalation.
Affected software
Intel Battery Life Diagnostic Tool
How to mitigate CVE-2022-36278
Install updates from vendor's website.
Intel Battery Life Diagnostic Tool - update to 2.2.0