Intel® Solid State Drive Toolbox File Permissions Advisory

Summary:

A potential security vulnerability in Intel® Solid State Drive Toolbox may allow escalation of privilege.** **Intel is releasing software updates to mitigate this potential vulnerability.

Vulnerability Details:

CVEID: CVE-2018-18097

Description: Improper directory permissions in Intel® Solid State Drive Toolbox before 3.5.7 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® Solid State Drive Toolbox before 3.5.7

Recommendations:

Intel recommends that users follow the steps below to address these issues:

1. Uninstall any pre-existing versions of the Intel® Solid State Drive Toolbox

2. Update to the version 3.5.7 or later

Updates are available for download at this location: <https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/28309/Intel-Solid-State-Drive-Toolbox&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 deployed.