Intel® Chipset Device Software (INF Update Utility) Advisory

Summary:

A potential security vulnerability in the Intel® Chipset Device Software (INF Update Utility) may allow escalation of privilege. Intel is releasing software updates to mitigate this potential vulnerability.

Vulnerability Details:

CVEID: CVE-2019-0128

Description: Improper permissions in the installer for Intel® Chipset Device Software (INF Update Utility) before version 10.1.1.45 may allow an authenticated user to escalate privilege via local access.

CVSS Base Score: 3.9 Low

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

Affected Products:

Intel® Chipset Device Software (INF Update Utility) before version 10.1.1.45.

Recommendations:

Intel recommends that users of the Intel® Chipset Device Software (INF Update Utility) update to 10.1.1.45 or later.

Updates are available for download at this location: <https://downloadcenter.intel.com/product/1145&gt;

Acknowledgements:

Intel would like to thank Marius Gabriel Mihai for reporting this issue.

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.