Vulnerability · CVE-2025-20010
Use of unmaintained third party components for some Intel(R) Processor Identification Utility before version 8.0.43 within Ring 3: User Applications may allow an escalation of priv
Published Nov 11, 2025 · catalog updated Feb 26, 2026 · Intel(R) Processor Identification Utility
Last checked Oct 27, 2026. A connected source was read within the last 7 days.
Check if you run it
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-20010. EPSS is 0.26%. Act only if a listed version of Intel(R) Processor Identification Utility is installed.
Gaps on this record
- No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
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- Severity
- High8.5
- Known exploitation
- Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
- EPSS
- 0.26%
- Remediation
- Version ranges on file
- Affected products
- vendor n/a Intel(R) Processor Identification Utility before version 8.0.43
Use of unmaintained third party components for some Intel(R) Processor Identification Utility before version 8.0.43 within Ring 3: User Applications may allow an escalation of privilege. System software adversary with an authenticated user combined with a low 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 no user interaction. The potential vulnerability may impact the confidentiality (high), integrity (high) and availability (high) of the vulnerable
Are you affected?
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The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.
- vendor n/a Intel(R) Processor Identification Utility before version 8.0.43before version 8.0.43
How to fix CVE-2025-20010
Upgrade
CVE-2025-20010 lists a fix boundary at version. Compare the installed build with that boundary before you change production.
Version check
Seen in before version 8.0.43
Advisory
Open the cve_org record and follow its fix.
Official advisories
What to do
Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.
Should you patch?
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-20010. EPSS is 0.26%. Act only if a listed version of Intel(R) Processor Identification Utility is installed.
Which versions are affected?
Compare what you have installed with n/a Intel(R) Processor Identification Utility before version 8.0.43 before version 8.0.43. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.
What should an analyst verify?
No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.26%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.
Code
The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.
No public source repository is identified for this product.
Timeline
Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.
Nov 11, 2025 · EUVD
Detected
Use of unmaintained third party components for some Intel(R) Processor Identification Utility before version 8.0.43 within Ring 3: User Applications may allow an escalation of privilege. System software adversary with an authenticated user combined with a low complexity attack may enable escalation of privilege. This result may potentially occur via local access when attack requirements are not pr
Feb 26, 2026 · EUVD
Fix available
n/a Intel(R) Processor Identification Utility before version 8.0.43 fixed in version 8.0.43
Feb 26, 2026 · EUVD
Updated
Use of unmaintained third party components for some Intel(R) Processor Identification Utility before version 8.0.43 within Ring 3: User Applications may allow an escalation of privilege. System software adversary with an authenticated user combined with a low complexity attack may enable escalation of privilege. This result may potentially occur via local access when attack requirements are not pr
Sources
- CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-20010
Official CVE identifier
cve.org - FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-20010
30-day exploitation probability 0.26%
first.org - EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-93532
Use of unmaintained third party components for some Intel(R) Processor Identification Utility before version 8.0.43 within Ring 3: User Applications may allow an escalation of privilege. System software adversary with an authenticated user combined with a low complexity attack ma
euvd.enisa.europa.eu
References
Freshness
Last verified in this catalog Oct 27, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.
- FIRST EPSSOct 27, 2026
- CVE.orgOct 24, 2026
- EUVDOct 24, 2026