Intel® Matrix Storage Manager Advisory

Summary:

A potential security vulnerability in Intel® Matrix Storage Manager may allow escalation of privilege.****

Intel is not releasing updates to mitigate this potential vulnerability and has issued a Product Discontinuation notice for Intel® Matrix Storage Manager.****

Vulnerability Details:

CVEID: CVE-2019-0121

Description: Improper permissions in Intel® Matrix Storage Manager 8.9.0.1023 and before may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.

CVSS Base Score: 7.5 High

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

Affected Products:

Intel® Matrix Storage Manager 8.9.0.1023 and before.

Recommendations:

Intel has issued a Product Discontinuation notice for Intel® Matrix Storage Manager and recommends that users uninstall it or discontinue use at their earliest convenience.

Acknowledgements:

This issue was found externally.

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.