Intel® Driver & Support Assistant Advisory

Summary:

A potential security vulnerability in the Intel® Driver & Support Assistant may allow escalation of privilege.** **Intel is releasing software updates to mitigate this potential vulnerability.

Vulnerability Details:

CVEID: CVE-2020-12302

Description: Improper permissions in the Intel® Driver & Support Assistant before version 20.7.26.7 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.

CVSS Base Score: 4.4 Medium

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

Affected Products:

Intel® Driver & Support Assistant before version 20.7.26.7.

Recommendations:

Intel recommends updating the Intel® Driver & Support Assistant to version 20.7.26.7 or later, or use the web interface for the tool for Windows*:

<https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/intel-driver-support-assistant.html&gt;

Software updates are available for download at this location: <https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/28425/Intel-Driver-Support-Assistant&gt;

Acknowledgements:

Intel would like to thank @j00sean 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.