What is CVE-2022-41687?

CVE-2022-41687 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Intel Nuc P14e Laptop Element, classified under Insecure Inherited Permissions. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2023-05-10.

How severe is CVE-2022-41687?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Intel Nuc P14e Laptop Element

CVE-2022-41687

Insecure inherited permissions in the HotKey Services for some Intel(R) NUC P14E Laptop Element software for Windows 10 before version 1.1.44 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.

Published 2023-05-10 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.001 (3.4th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 3rd percentile — 3.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.001 · newest: 0.001 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00802.html (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-41687?: CVE-2022-41687 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Intel Nuc P14e Laptop Element, classified under Insecure Inherited Permissions. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2023-05-10.
How severe is CVE-2022-41687?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.