Intel® SCS Discovery Utility and Intel® ACU Wizard Advisory

Summary:

A potential security vulnerability in Intel® Setup and Configuration Software (Intel® SCS) Discovery Utility and Intel® AMT Configuration Utility Wizard (Intel® ACU Wizard) may allow escalation of privilege.** **Intel is releasing software updates to mitigate these potential vulnerabilities.

Vulnerability Details:

CVEID: CVE-2019-0138

Description: Improper directory permissions in Intel® ACU Wizard version 12.0.0.129 and earlier may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.

CVSS Base Score: 6.3 Medium

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

CVEID: CVE-2019-11093

Description: Unquoted service path in the installer for the Intel® SCS Discovery Utility version 12.0.0.129 and earlier may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.

CVSS Base Score: 6.3 Medium

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

Affected Products:

Intel® SCS Discovery Utility: SCS_download_package before version 12.0.0.129.

Intel® ACU Wizard: Configurator_download_package before version 12.0.0.129.

Recommendations:

Intel recommends that users of the Intel® SCS Discovery Utility update the SCS_download_package to 12.1.0.87 or later.

Intel recommends that users of the Intel® ACU Wizard update the Configurator_download_package update to 12.1.0.87 or later.

Updates for both packages are available for download at this location:

<https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/26505/Intel-Setup-and-Configuration-Software-Intel-SCS-&gt;

Acknowledgements:

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

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