Untrusted search path for some Battery Life Diagnostic Tool software before version 2.9.0 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 with 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.
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Thu, 13 Aug 2026 10:45:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Intel
Intel battery Life Diagnostic Tool
Vendors & Products Intel
Intel battery Life Diagnostic Tool

Thu, 13 Aug 2026 03:00:00 +0000

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Title Untrusted Search Path in Battery Life Diagnostic Tool Allows Local Privilege Escalation

Wed, 12 Aug 2026 16:30:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Tue, 11 Aug 2026 17:00:00 +0000

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Description Untrusted search path for some Battery Life Diagnostic Tool software before version 2.9.0 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 with 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.
Weaknesses CWE-426
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 5.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: intel

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-12T15:37:36.169Z

Reserved: 2025-12-19T04:00:14.803Z

Link: CVE-2026-20799

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-08-12T15:37:22.768Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-08-11T17:17:53.573

Modified: 2026-08-12T20:54:11.500

Link: CVE-2026-20799

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-13T10:30:04Z

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