Intel® Turbo Boost Max Technology 3.0 Advisory

Summary:

A potential security vulnerability in the Intel® Turbo Boost Max Technology 3.0 driver may allow escalation of privilege. Intel is not releasing updates to mitigate this potential vulnerability and has issued a Product Discontinuation notice for the Intel® Turbo Boost Max Technology 3.0 driver.****

Vulnerability Details:

CVEID: CVE-2019-0164

Description: Improper permissions in the installer for Intel® Turbo Boost Max Technology 3.0 driver version 1.0.0.1035 and before may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.

CVSS Base Score: 6.7 Medium

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

Affected Products:

Intel® Turbo Boost Max Technology 3.0 driver version 1.0.0.1035 and before.

Recommendations:

Intel has issued a Product Discontinuation notice for the Intel® Turbo Boost Max Technology 3.0 driver and recommends that users of the Intel® Turbo Boost Max Technology 3.0 driver uninstall it or discontinue use at their earliest convenience. This does not affect Intel® Turbo Boost Max Technology 3.0 functionality when used with in operating systems with native support (Windows* 10 RS5 and later).

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 available.