CVE-2026-28757: Escalation of Privilege in Intel(R) Workload Services Framework software
Protection mechanism failure for some Intel(R) Workload Services Framework software within Ring 3: User Applications may allow an escalation of privilege. Unprivileged software adversary with a privileged user combined with a low complexity attack may enable escalation of privilege. This result may potentially occur via local access when attack requirements are 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.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This vulnerability in Intel(R) Workload Services Framework software arises from a failure in protection mechanisms within user applications (Ring 3). An attacker with unprivileged software combined with a privileged user can exploit this flaw via local access with low complexity and passive user interaction to escalate privileges. The CVSS 4.0 score is 5.4 (medium severity), indicating significant impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the system. There is no vendor advisory or patch information available at this time.
Potential Impact
The vulnerability may allow an attacker to escalate privileges locally, potentially compromising the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the affected system at a high impact level. However, the vulnerability requires the attacker to have some privileged user access already and passive user interaction. There are no reported exploits in the wild.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. No official fix or temporary workaround has been published by Intel as of now.
CVE-2026-28757: Escalation of Privilege in Intel(R) Workload Services Framework software
Description
Protection mechanism failure for some Intel(R) Workload Services Framework software within Ring 3: User Applications may allow an escalation of privilege. Unprivileged software adversary with a privileged user combined with a low complexity attack may enable escalation of privilege. This result may potentially occur via local access when attack requirements are 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.
CVSS v4.0
Score 5.4medium
Affected software
Intel(R) Workload Services Framework software
Weaknesses
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
This vulnerability in Intel(R) Workload Services Framework software arises from a failure in protection mechanisms within user applications (Ring 3). An attacker with unprivileged software combined with a privileged user can exploit this flaw via local access with low complexity and passive user interaction to escalate privileges. The CVSS 4.0 score is 5.4 (medium severity), indicating significant impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the system. There is no vendor advisory or patch information available at this time.
Potential Impact
The vulnerability may allow an attacker to escalate privileges locally, potentially compromising the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the affected system at a high impact level. However, the vulnerability requires the attacker to have some privileged user access already and passive user interaction. There are no reported exploits in the wild.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. No official fix or temporary workaround has been published by Intel as of now.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- intel
- Date Reserved
- 2026-03-20T03:00:17.076Z
- Cvss Version
- 4.0
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 6a7b5472bf8831d539106be9
Added to database: 08/11/2026, 16:57:22 UTC
Last enriched: 08/11/2026, 23:58:21 UTC
Last updated: 09/24/2026, 13:47:44 UTC
Views: 54
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