Intel® Accelerated Storage Manager in RSTe Advisory

Summary:

A potential security vulnerability in Intel® Accelerated Storage Manager in RSTe may allow escalation of privilege. Intel is releasing software updates to mitigate this potential vulnerability.

Vulnerability Details:

CVEID: CVE-2019-0135

Description: Improper permissions in the installer for Intel® Accelerated Storage Manager in Intel® RSTe before version 5.5.0.2015 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.

CVSS Base Score: 7.3 High

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

Affected Products:

Intel® Accelerated Storage Manager in RSTe before version 5.5.0.2015.

Recommendations:

Intel recommends that users of Intel® Accelerated Storage Manager in RSTe** **update to the latest version provided by the system manufacturer that addresses these issues.

For Intel branded servers, please update to version 5.5.0.2015 or later, available here:

<https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/28681&gt;

Acknowledgements:

Intel would like to thank Marius Gabriel Mihai for reporting this issue and working with us on coordinated disclosure.

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.