Intel® Data Migration Software Advisory

Summary:

A potential security vulnerability in Intel® Data Migration Software may allow escalation of privilege.** Intel is not releasing updates to mitigate this potential vulnerability and has issued a Product Discontinuation Notice for Intel® Data Migration Software.**

Vulnerability Details:

CVEID: CVE-2020-0547

Description: Incorrect default permissions in the installer for Intel® Data Migration Software versions 3.3 and earlier 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® Data Migration Software versions 3.3 and earlier.

Recommendation:

Intel has issued a Product Discontinuation notice for Intel® Data Migration Software and recommends that users of the Intel® Data Migration Software uninstall it or discontinue use at their earliest convenience.

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.