CVE-2025-20010: Intel(R) Processor Identification Utility before version 8.0.43

CVE-2025-20010. CVSS 3.1 base score 7.8 (HIGH, Vendor/CNA). EPSS 0.00259 (percentile 0.16478), scored 17-Oct-2026.

Affected technology

Intel(R) Processor Identification Utility · before version 8.0.43
Vendor not specified by the source

Description’s affected range: before version 8.0.43 within Ring 3: User Applications may allow an escalation of privilege

Component: Not specified by the source

Attack conditions (Vendor/CNA, CVSS 4.0): Local · Low privileges required · No user interaction required

What an attacker can do

Vendor/CNA’s CVSS 4.0 assessment (base score 8.5/10) rates confidentiality, integrity and availability impact as high. The description does not specify what an attacker can achieve beyond these rated impacts.

Published 19-Oct-2026 14:02 UTC

CWE: CWE-1104
CCR priority: 31.3 /100 (P4)
CVSS 3.1: 7.8 /10 · CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H · Vendor/CNA
EPSS: 0.00259 · percentile 0.16478 · 2026-10-17
KEV: no

Provenance

NVD CVE API 2.0 · Source record · observed 2026-10-19 14:02:10.907757+00:00 UTC

Stable permalink: https://cybercodered.org/item/cve-cve-2025-20010.html