Intel® Remote Displays SDK Advisory

Summary:

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

Vulnerability Details:

CVEID: CVE-2019-11148

Description: Improper permissions in the installer for Intel® Remote Displays SDK before version 2.0.1 R2 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.

CVSS Base Score: 6.7 Medium

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products:

Intel® Remote Displays SDK before version 2.0.1 R2.

Recommendations:

Intel recommends that users of Intel® Remote Displays SDK update to version 2.0.1 R2 or later.

Updates are available for download at this location: <https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/28949/Remote-Displays-SDK&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.