Intel® Advisor tools Advisory

Summary:

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

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2020-12334

Description: Improper permissions in the installer for the Intel® Advisor tools before version 2020 Update 2 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® Advisor tools before version 2020 Update 2.

Recommendations:

Intel recommends updating the Intel® Advisor tools to version 2020 Update 2 or later.

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

Acknowledgements:

Intel would like to thank j0bounties for reporting this issue and working with us on coordinated disclosure.

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.