Intel® Media SDK for Windows* Advisory

Summary:

A potential security vulnerability in the Intel® Media SDK for Windows* may allow escalation of privilege.** **Intel is releasing software updates to mitigate this potential vulnerability.

Vulnerability Details:

CVEID: CVE-2019-11121

Description: Improper file permissions in the installer for the Intel® Media SDK for Windows before version 2019 R1 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® Media SDK for Windows* before version 2019 R1.

Recommendations:

Intel recommends that users of the Intel® Media SDK for Windows* update to 2019 R1 or later.

Updates are available for download at this location: <https://software.intel.com/content/www/us/en/develop/tools/media-sdk.html&gt;

Acknowledgements:

The issue was found internally by Intel.

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.