Nuvoton* CIR Driver for Windows* 8 for Intel® NUC Advisory

Summary:

A potential security vulnerability in the Nuvoton* Consumer Infrared (CIR) Driver for Windows* 8 for Intel® NUC may allow escalation of privilege.** Intel is not releasing updates to mitigate this potential vulnerability and has issued a Product Discontinuation Notice for this software.**

Vulnerability Details:

CVEID: CVE-2019-14602

Description: Improper permissions in the installer for the Nuvoton* CIR Driver versions 1.02.1002 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:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products:

Nuvoton* CIR Driver for Windows* for Intel® NUC version 1.02.1002 and before.

Recommendations:

Intel has issued a Product Discontinuation notice for Nuvoton* CIR Driver for Windows* for Intel® NUC and recommends that users uninstall it or discontinue use at their earliest convenience.

Acknowledgements:

Intel would like to thank Khouja Ahmed 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.