CVE-2026-32791
MediumCVSS 5.4Exploitation Probability (EPSS)
Low risk2th percentile - higher than 2% of all known CVEs
Summary
Untrusted search path for some Intel(R) Performance Counter Monitor (Intel(R) PCM) before version tag 202604 may allow an escalation of privilege. An unprivileged adversary with an authenticated user and high complexity attack may enable privilege escalation. This may occur via local access and requires passive user interaction. Impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability is high.
Risk Assessment
The risk of privilege escalation with high impact on system confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Recommendation
Update Intel(R) Performance Counter Monitor to version tag 202604 or later and control library search paths.
Original NVD description (English source)
Untrusted search path for some Intel(R) Performance Counter Monitor (Intel(R) PCM) before version tag 202604 within Ring 3: User Applications may allow an escalation of privilege. Unprivileged software adversary with an authenticated user combined with a high complexity attack may enable escalation of privilege. This result may potentially occur via local access when attack requirements are not present without special internal knowledge and requires passive user interaction. The potential vulnerability may impact the confidentiality (high), integrity (high) and availability (high) of the vulnerable system, resulting in subsequent system confidentiality (none), integrity (none) and availability (none) impacts.