Intel® Media SDK Advisory

Summary:

A potential security vulnerability in Intel® Media SDK may allow escalation of privilege.** **Intel is releasing software updates to mitigate this potential vulnerability.

Vulnerability Details:

CVEID: CVE-2018-18094

Description: Improper directory permissions in installer for Intel® Media SDK before 2018 R2.1 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.

CVSS Base Score: 7.8 High

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products:

Intel® Media SDK before version 2018 R2.1.

Recommendations:

Intel recommends that users of Intel® Media SDK update to 2018 R2.1 or later.

Updates are available for download at this location:

<https://software.intel.com/en-us/media-sdk&gt;

Acknowledgements:

This issue was found internally by Intel.

Intel, and nearly the entire technology industry, follows a disclosure practice called Coordinated Disclosure, under which a cybersecurity vulnerability is generally publicly disclosed only after mitigations are available.