CVE-2025-27717
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedUncontrolled search path for some Intel(R) Graphics Driver software may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceThis is an uncontrolled search path (DLL hijacking) vulnerability in Intel Graphics Driver software. An authenticated local user could place malicious DLLs in the driver search path to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.
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CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Verify Intel Graphics Driver installationOpen Device Manager, expand 'Display adapters', and look for Intel graphics devices (Intel UHD Graphics, Intel Iris Xe, Intel HD Graphics, etc.). Alternatively, run 'driverquery /v' in Command Prompt and search for Intel graphics driver entries.Affected if No Intel graphics device found means not affected by this vulnerability
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Determine installed Intel Graphics Driver versionIn Device Manager, right-click the Intel graphics device, select Properties, go to the Driver tab, and record the Driver Version field. Alternatively, use PowerShell: 'Get-WmiObject Win32_PnPSignedDriver | Where-Object {$_.DeviceName -like "*Intel*"} | Select-Object DeviceName,DriverVersion'Affected if Compare your driver version against Intel's official vulnerable/fixed version list - if unpatched, you are affected
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Check driver service configurationOpen Services (services.msc) and look for Intel graphics-related services such as 'Intel(R) HD Graphics Control Panel Service', 'Intel Graphics Service', or similar. Note their startup type and status.Affected if If Intel graphics services exist and run at startup, the driver is active and could be vulnerable to DLL hijacking
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Identify driver DLL search path accessibilityUse Sysinternals Process Monitor (procmon.exe) with a filter for 'Intel' processes, or check the driver's known DLL search path locations in the system. Key paths include the driver installation directory (typically C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\i*.inf_*) and any user-writable locations in the PATH.Affected if If standard users can write to directories in the driver's DLL search path, the vulnerability is exploitable
You are affected if Intel Graphics Driver is installed with an unpatched version and the driver's DLL search path includes directories where an authenticated local user can place malicious DLL files.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
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From vendor dataApply the vendor patch from Intel for the Graphics Driver software. This is a driver-level vulnerability that requires the vendor's official fix - users should update through Intel's driver update channels or enterprise deployment tools.
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